In the great masterpiece of mithraic art at Osterburken, the two deities occupy opposite corners of the tablet.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The influence that underlay their pretensions was so real that there is some warrant for the view of Renan that at one time it was doubtful whether the current as it flowed away into the Dark Ages should be mithraic or Christian.
"The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism"
Franz Cumont
mithraic baptism wiped out moral faults; the purity aimed at had become spiritual.
"The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism"
Franz Cumont