2025
Publications
- Ernő Szabó – Csaba Szabó, Beyond the Tales of the Sphinxes: Historical Notes on the So-called Sphinxes from ‘Torda’ (Turda) and ‘Marosvásárhely’ (Târgu Mureș), Revista Transilvania 9, 2025, 62-75.
- Szabó Csaba- Szabó Ernő, Az erdélyi sphinxek talánya. In: Nagy, Janka Teodóra; Bognár, Szabina; Szabó, Ernő (szerk.) Jogszokáskutatás Európában – Jogi néprajzi, jogtörténeti és jogi kultúrtörténeti tanulmányok Szekszárd, Magyarország: Pécsi Tudományegyetem Kultúratudományi, Pedagógusképző és Vidékfejlesztési Kar, 2025, 507-528.
- Szabó Csaba, Review: The Roman God Sol: Steven E. Hijmans, Sol. Image and Meaning of the Sun in Roman Art and Religion. (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 198, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2024. Classical Review Published online 2025:1-4. doi:10.1017/S0009840X25101625.
- Szabó Csaba, Review: Ines Siemers-Klenner, Archäologie des Mithraskultes. Architektur und Kultpraxis am Beispiel der Tempel von Güglingen, Kreis Heilbronn, Forschungen und Berichte zur Archäologie in Baden-Würtemberg 16, Cercetari Arheologice 31, nr. 1, 2025, 393-396.
- Szabó Csaba, Budai-Balogh Tibor, Milbich Tamás, Pázsint Annamária, Lovász Ilona and Vágási Tünde, Archaeology of Mithras in Aquincum. Sanctuaries and materiality of a Roman cult, Cercetari Arheologice 32.2, 2025, 501-532.
Events
- Opening conference of the project: Researching ancient religions in Hungary (Az ókori vallások kutatása Magyarországon). 10th October 2025, Department of Religious Studies, University of Szeged
- Research Forum: one day workshop on the research perspectives of Hungarian scholars (Kutatói Fórum). 2nd December 2025, University of Szeged, Faculty of Humanities.
- Hungarian conference presentation: Vágási Tünde, Isten szólt hozzám – Az isteni parancsra és jövendölés alapján emelt pannoniai oltárokról, Kommunikációs stratégiák a görög-római világban, MCC Budapest, 5th December 2025.
- Hungarian conference presentation: Fábián Boglárka, Keleti hatások Aquincum szobrászatában, Róma és a Kelet. Antik örökségünk, Debrecen, University of Debrecen, 5th December 2025.
- International conference presentation: Szabó Csaba, The life and impact of Franz Cumont on the study of Mithras in Transylvania, Rostra International Conference of history of archaeology, Targu Mures, 5-7th December 2025.
Press and open science
- Articles and presence in the local Hungarian press in 2025: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
- Spotify episods: 1) Why study religions of antiquity today (HU) 2) Life and impact of Franz V. Cumont (HU) 3) Life and impact of M. J. Vermaseren 4) Jesus, Sol Invicus and Mithras: debunking a popular myth (HU)
- Educative and popularising videos about the Roman cult of Mithras by Csaba Szabó (made in 2021-2025)
- Interview with Csaba Szabó (University of Szeged) on the perspectives of the project
- Szabó Csaba, The day of Christmas and the myth of Sol Invictus-Mithras (Hungarian article). Újkor.hu. 2025.12.25.
2026
Publications
- Szabó, Csaba – Gugl, Christian (eds.), Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Archaeology of Religion. Monumenta Graeca et Romana 32, Brill, Leiden, 2026.
- Szabó, Csaba, Glocalization and Roman Religious Communication in the Danubian Provinces. In: Mazzilli ez al. (eds.), The Global, the Local and the Glocal: Recent Approaches in Roman Archaeology, Bloomsbury, London, 2026, 135-155.
- Szabó, Csaba, Review: Scheidel, Walter, What is Ancient History? Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2025. In: Ókor folyóirat 2025/2, 68-70.
Events
- Conference paper by Csaba Szabó (Temples of ancient Rome today: the religious heritage of an ancient empire in the 21st century. In: Presente e futuro della lingua italiana e dell’italianistica in Ungheria IV, University of Pécs, Department of Italian Language and culture, 17th January 2026. – online)
- Public lecture of Csaba Szabó at the University of Szeged congress hall (TIK) on religious interferences in the Roman Empire (18th February 2026)
- Ernő Szabó’s lecture on Roman monuments from Laskó at the 4th Laus Pannoniae Conference, Pécs, 19th February 2026.
- Lecture of Csaba Szabó on the myteries of Mithras at Scruton MCC, Budapest 17th March 2026.
- Conference paper of Csaba Szabó and Tünde Vágási on the Digital Database of Mithraic Monuments from the Danubian provinces at the 10th Epigraphic Workshop (24th March 2026, University of Graz, Austria)
- Conference lecture of Csaba Szabó on dissemination of Roman religion in the Digital Age, Ludovika University, ENSTARH International Conference, 26-27th March 2026.
- Mithras Day at the Faculty of Humanities (15th April 2026): five lectures on the Roman cult of Mithras and its reception in late antique magic, freemasonry, gastronomy and neopagan religious movements. Lectures were delivered by Csaba Szabó, Attila Hajdú, Róbert Péter, Hamvas Endre and Réka Szilárdi.
- Csaba Szabó, Tünde Vágási and Ernő Szabó were participating with individual papers at the 18th Conference of Roman Studies from Hungary (FiRoKonf) organised by the Laczkó Dezső Museum from Veszprém (24-26th April 2026)
Press and open science
- Life-interview with prof. dr. Richard Gordon, doyen of Roman religious studies and one of the leading researchers of Mithras studies (by Csaba Szabó on 13th January 2026)
- Spotify podcast: Interview with Levente László, researcher of ancient astrology, classical philologist and the co-author of the most important book on Roman Mithras in Hungarian published in 2005.
- Interview with Csaba Szabó, PI of the research group about our work and recent studies of Roman Mithras (ujkor.hu)
- Spotify podcast: Interview with Orsolya Láng, museologist and archaeologist of the Aquincum Museum on the cult of Mithras in Aquincum
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