[Focault's Pendulum]

the lack of the Phrygian cap would seem to suggest that this figure is not Mithra himself.

That was my first thought.

Mithras was a soldier's god during Roman times. It was also speculated that the historical Arthur (Arturo the Bear, yes he did exist) was a follower of Mithras.

[Sudetenland]

I thought Mithras was that funny character in Babylon 5 who had a brother named Mithras. :)

[ottbmare]

I dunno, did Mithras have to wear a cap? The standing-on-bull thing tempts one to believe this might have been a depiction of Mithras.

[theFIRMbss]

>Mithras was a soldier's god during Roman times. It was also speculated that the historical Arthur (Arturo the Bear, yes he did exist) was a follower of Mithras

Mithraism was
popular I've read among
Roman versions of

upper middle-class
soldiers, traders, craftsmen and
some of the elite.

Does anyone know
if conspiracy types think
the cult has survived

in the modern world?
I've looked around the net and
don't see many links.