In Roman society of the third century CE, marked by deep innovative drives and by the search for new intellectual models and new forms of transcendence, a comparative reading of christianity and mithraism appears indispensable for understanding these religious phenomena. For a cult like mithraism the voice of archaeological sources is particularly significant and almost exclusive. In fact, literary sources are largely deficient especially when compared with those relating to christianity. After more than a century of systematic research, the construction of a proper Mithraic archaeology is the most appropriate and adequate response to the questions posed by advancing research and discoveries. The international value of a topic that directly involves not only archaeologists but also historians, epigraphists and specialists in history of religions was well demonstrated by the major traveling exhibition on “Mithra plongée au coeur d’un culte romain” (2021-2022).
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-0522-0390
Titolo del capitolo
Alla ricerca della salvezza della mente e dell’anima nell’impero romano. Uno sguardo archeologico
Autori
Max Victor David
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0.16
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Anno di pubblicazione
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Florentia
Sottotitolo del libro
Studi di archeologia: vol. 5 - Numero speciale - Studi in onore di Guido Vannini
Curatori
Michele Nucciotti, Elisa Pruno
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
596
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0376-0
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0375-3
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0376-0
Collana
Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
ISSN della collana
2704-6249
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5870