Visual Timeline: Mithra

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700 BCE - 300 BCE: Probable dates for the development of the worship of Mithra.
 
550 BCE - 330 BCE: Mithra is referenced through inscriptions during the Achaemenid Empire.
 
 
67 BCE - 66 BCE: Mithra is worshipped by pirates relocated by Pompey the Great in Cilicia.
 
 
100 CE - 400 CE: The cult of the Roman god Mithras, based on the Persian Mithra, flourishes in the Roman Empire.
 
 
651 CE: Sassanian Empire falls to the invading Muslim Arabs; worship of Mithra suppressed along with much of Persian culture.
 
700 CE - 1000 CE: Zoroastrian Parsees flee Iran for India, taking sacred texts and keeping ancient traditions alive; worship of Mithra is preserved.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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