During the span on the ancient Roman Empire, there was one dominant religion, polytheism. Most every Roman practiced polytheism, and had no problem with it. In fact, when a new religion arose, they were extremely offended, and took to persecuting the offenders. A change of religion would cause the decline of the Roman Empire, for its ways of polytheism were so set in stone..

One of the many cults to arise in the Roman Empire was the cult of Mithras. There really is no written text about the cult of mithras, as is the Bible. The cult was a mystery cult, so therefore only its members knew of its secrets. The worship services of the cult were usually held in a temple, or a Mithraeum, and usually resembled a cave, there were around 100 in the Roman Empire. The room was usually rectangular shaped, and the edges lined with...