Roman Mithraic Mysteries · deity · roman imperial mithraism · deity
The leontocephaline (lion-headed god), attested on altars as 'deus Arimanius', is the most debated Mithraic figure: a being of time and cosmic dominion, variously identified by scholars with Aion, Kronos-Saturn, or a principle of ordered power within the mysteries.
Domains
time and cosmic order
Powers
to hold the keys and sceptre of the cosmic order
Sources
M. J. Vermaseren, Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae (CIMRM), 2 vols. (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1956-1960).
Roger Beck, The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).