Manifestations of the Mithraic cult in the Northern Black Sea Region in its “Pontic” and “Roman” variants (1st century BC – 3rd century AD)
Journal: Scientific Yearbook History of Religions in Ukraine
Year: 2025

The main goal of the study is to characterize various artifacts discovered in the Northern Black Sea region and related to the cult of Mithras from the period of the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD, as well as to determine the variants of worship of this deity and establish the characteristic features of the specified belief. The relevance of the proposed problem is obvious, since there are no works that would present a comprehensive overview of the entire set of sacred objects related to t