Mithras

"Mithras was a pagan idea, a so-called god beloved by the ancient soldiers that built this city"

―Erke describing Mithras to Eivor, 873.

A relief of Mithras slaying the bull

Mithras, an evolution of the Persian Mithra, was a god worshipped by ancient Romans as a form of Roman paganism and was often depicted with the image of him slaying a bull.

The cult of Mithras had a prominent presence in the city of Londinium, where they had a temple dedicated to him. After being abandoned for numerous centuries following the Roman exodus of Britannia in the 5th century, the temple was subsequently used by a faction of the Order of the Ancients, who worshipped the god and practiced its beliefs.

In the Middle Ages, the Levantine Assassin Mentor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad noted in his codex the similarities between Mithra and figures of other belief systems such as Jesus of Nazareth, Horus, and Dionysos. He postulated that these stories shared a common source.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed II (first mentioned)
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (sculpture only)