Cult Of Mithras - Roman Army's SECRET Religion Explained!

One of the most developed Roman religions, incredibly popular with the Roman Legions that ultimately disappeared into oblivion.
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Imagine a secret society that you would find in a game or a movie but that was actually widespread in the real-world. How cool is it that we have knowledge of a secret roman society with ritual sites spanning from england to spain to Africa to the black sea, pretty much everywhere where the roman empire was. Cult of Mithras was incredibly popular with the Roman military and you had everyone from generals to politicans to the common man being a part of this cult. They would gather in secret caves in the forest, under the walls, but sometimes even hiding in plain sight near the Roman forum where they participated in unique rituals, with their own ethics and 7 grade ranking systems. They were a rival of early Christianity which ultimately was one of the factors that led to their demise. So let's look at what the Cult of Mithras was, how they worked and why they disappared.

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[DoronsAcademy]

What types of videos would you like to see next. Currently got Roman and Slavic history and mythology planned.

[projectlifedog]

I really hope this channel grows in popularity.

[ashwinkadaru]

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[Yvario]

You need to rotate your peace lily plant, it's like 2x as big on one side!

[teshki]

I know that when the Israelites were in slavery under the Babylonians, some of the Israeli priests of that time accepted the teachings of the Chaldean priests who served the god Mithras, those Israeli priests later formed Kabbalism

[LazloArcadia]

One of the things people forget about the development of religions is that none of them ever appear in a vacuum. These ideas and beliefs are always influenced by other beliefs present within the culture at that time. We can see a modern version of this happening even now with the rise of the worship of Santa Muerte in the America's. Originally she is thought to have been the aztec goddess of Death Mictecacihuatl until the Spanish explorers / invaders came along and tried to convert South and Central America to Catholicism. Following the conversion however the worship of Mictecacihuatl didn't simply go away, rather the people began to see her as one of the many saints of the church. The church however hated this idea, and still venomously condemn it to this day. Fast forward a couple of hundred years and the worship of Santa Muerte is one of the fastest growing religions in the Americas (yes, that includes the US).

I love the direction you have taken with your video on Mithras as it is one of those faiths that was hugely influential on the early development of the christian church and yet so many of the faithful are not even aware that it ever existed. Mithras (aka Mythras) is a great example of how faiths have influenced each other. In fact the Mithraic cults have been credited for the origins of many of the basic rituals still performed in the cathedrals to the day. Things like blessing oneself with the sign of the cross, the use of holy water, the giving of communion, etc etc were said to have origins with the mithraic cults. It is likely however that the some of the rituals were simply shared between the two groups. One coming up with an idea or ritual the other really liked and thus absorbed it, etc.

Personally I think that while the two groups were in open conflict with each other in some areas, I'm willing to bet that in at least a few areas the Cult of Mithras was accepted as a subset of the Catholic church as some form of cool "members only club", not too dissimilar to what we see with the Knights Templar. Of course the church would later turn on them too.

[zerosiii]

Make a video about the Nemanjici empire, and the overview of its rise and fall

[sranjakovljevic]

I really like this video. I like the 3D Romans. I have only a complain. You didn't tell why the Christians were the foes of this cult. This guy, Mithras, died and lived again three days later. Familiar? I had a complain, but I have learned something new about this topic. I am eagerly expecting the next video.

[stephen]

A bunch of Christian authors didn’t want to admit that many of western cultures. Great aspects come from ancient Persian mysteries. You just have to deal with the fact, my friends live with it.