The Roman Cult of Mithras
Subtitle: The God and His Mysteries
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: July 2000
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780748612307
Subjects: Ancient Rome; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; European history: BCE to c 500 CE
First sentence: It is convenient to term the Persian and Hellenistic deity Mitra, to distinguish him from the god of the Roman mystery-cult.