The cult of Mithras spread across the Roman Empire during the 1st to 4th centuries CE. There are no extant texts written by Mithraic worshippers, other than a possible initiation script found in Egypt, and it does not appear that there were any Mithraic holy scriptures. We do have accounts written by outsiders, including several Christian authors, although these are often exaggerated and/or misinformed. Subsequently, much of what we know about the cult co…