{"id":93,"date":"2025-11-25T18:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2026-04-26T15:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:48:17","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/?page_id=93","title":{"rendered":"PUBLICATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"93\" class=\"elementor elementor-93\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1984ef animated-slow e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1984ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b42e17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b42e17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ern\u0151 Szab\u00f3 &#8211; Csaba Szab\u00f3,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/revistatransilvania.ro\/beyond-the-tales-of-the-sphinxes-historical-notes-on-the-so-called-sphinxes-from-torda-turda-and-marosvasarhely-targu-mures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond the Tales of the Sphinxes: Historical Notes on the So-called Sphinxes from \u2018Torda\u2019 (Turda) and \u2018Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely\u2019 (T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219)<\/a>, Revista Transilvania 9, 2025, 62-75.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szab\u00f3 Csaba- Szab\u00f3 Ern\u0151, Az erd\u00e9lyi sphinxek tal\u00e1nya. In: Nagy, Janka Teod\u00f3ra; Bogn\u00e1r, Szabina; Szab\u00f3, Ern\u0151 (szerk.) Jogszok\u00e1skutat\u00e1s Eur\u00f3p\u00e1ban &#8211; Jogi n\u00e9prajzi, jogt\u00f6rt\u00e9neti \u00e9s jogi kult\u00fart\u00f6rt\u00e9neti tanulm\u00e1nyok Szeksz\u00e1rd, Magyarorsz\u00e1g: P\u00e9csi Tudom\u00e1nyegyetem Kult\u00faratudom\u00e1nyi, Pedag\u00f3gusk\u00e9pz\u0151 \u00e9s Vid\u00e9kfejleszt\u00e9si Kar, 2025, 507-528.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szab\u00f3 Csaba, Review:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resolve.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/classical-review\/article\/roman-god-sol-steven-e-hijmans-sol-image-and-meaning-of-the-sun-in-roman-art-and-religion-religions-in-the-graecoroman-world-19812-pp-xviii-1440-bw-colour-ills-bw-colour-pls-leiden-and-boston-brill-2024-cased-119-vol-1-159-vol-2-isbn-9789004406698-vol-1-9789004514720-vol-2-9789004516526-set\/749E97E61035BB7893E69CDB18807CC9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Roman God Sol: Steven E. Hijmans, Sol. Image and Meaning of the Sun in Roman Art and Religion<\/a>. (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 198, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2024. Classical Review Published online 2025:1-4. doi:10.1017\/S0009840X25101625.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szab\u00f3 Csaba, Review: Ines Siemers-Klenner,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/143449638\/Review_Ines_Siemers_Klenner_Arch%C3%A4ologie_des_Mithraskultes_Architektur_und_Kultpraxis_am_Beispiel_der_Tempel_von_G%C3%BCglingen_Kreis_Heilbronn_Forschungen_und_Berichte_zur_Arch%C3%A4ologie_in_Baden_W%C3%BCrtemberg_16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arch\u00e4ologie des Mithraskultes. Architektur und Kultpraxis am Beispiel der Tempel von G\u00fcglingen<\/a>, Kreis Heilbronn, Forschungen und Berichte zur Arch\u00e4ologie in Baden-W\u00fcrtemberg 16, Cercetari Arheologice 31, nr. 1, 2025, 393-396.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szab\u00f3 Csaba, Budai-Balogh Tibor, Milbich Tam\u00e1s, P\u00e1zsint Annam\u00e1ria, Lov\u00e1sz Ilona and V\u00e1g\u00e1si T\u00fcnde,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/145549373\/Archaeology_of_Mithras_in_Aquincum_Sanctuaries_and_Materiality_of_a_Roman_Cult\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archaeology of Mithras in Aquincum. Sanctuaries and materiality of a Roman cult,<\/a>&nbsp;Cercetari Arheologice 32.2, 2025, 501-532.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vallastudomanycom.wordpress.com\/konferenciak\/\">Opening conference of the project:<\/a> Researching ancient religions in Hungary (Az \u00f3kori vall\u00e1sok kutat\u00e1sa Magyarorsz\u00e1gon). 10th October 2025, Department of Religious Studies, University of Szeged<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2039359143485588\">Research Forum<\/a>: one day workshop on the research perspectives of Hungarian scholars (Kutat\u00f3i F\u00f3rum). 2nd December 2025, University of Szeged, Faculty of Humanities.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hungarian conference presentation: V\u00e1g\u00e1si T\u00fcnde,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mcc.hu\/esemeny\/kommunikacios-strategiak-a-gorog-romai-vilagban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isten sz\u00f3lt hozz\u00e1m \u2013 Az isteni parancsra \u00e9s j\u00f6vend\u00f6l\u00e9s alapj\u00e1n emelt pannoniai olt\u00e1rokr\u00f3l,&nbsp;Kommunik\u00e1ci\u00f3s strat\u00e9gi\u00e1k a g\u00f6r\u00f6g-r\u00f3mai vil\u00e1gban<\/a>, MCC Budapest, 5th December 2025.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hungarian conference presentation: F\u00e1bi\u00e1n Bogl\u00e1rka,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=859255616625913&amp;set=pcb.859255736625901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keleti hat\u00e1sok Aquincum szobr\u00e1szat\u00e1ban<\/a>, R\u00f3ma \u00e9s a Kelet. Antik \u00f6r\u00f6ks\u00e9g\u00fcnk, Debrecen, University of Debrecen, 5th December 2025.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">International conference presentation: Szab\u00f3 Csaba, The life and impact of Franz Cumont on the study of Mithras in Transylvania,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1406598934798956&amp;set=pcb.1406598988132284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rostra International Conference of history of archaeology,<\/a>&nbsp;Targu Mures, 5-7th December 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Press and open science<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Articles and presence in the local Hungarian press in 2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/u-szeged.hu\/news-and-events\/2025\/pioneering-excellence-dr?fbclid=IwY2xjawMBdLBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyR2g2NVdseFRObVd3OVR1AR58J9BrIR5XkYd-yp9qNDXympiqPfm39SK1JV0E4BjQluPdr5m1ohKYTe-orw_aem_CLBXH1RmvZqbAj5_wZahbQ\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/audio.infostart.hu\/archive\/audio\/7840B\/7840B2EA.mp3\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kab.ro\/hirek\/hir\/szabo-csaba-elnyerte-az-mta-lendulet-palyazatat-1819\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.szabadsag.ro\/article\/erdelyi-tortenesz-nyerte-lendulet-program-kutatoi-osztondijat?fbclid=IwY2xjawLYfzdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFEU29sekZEb3BZbXl2MHJyAR5hRGs9n0--splPtrZq9NzuS5D_2gKoNG2uAwrzTKsRkOo5WVYWa76I9pNRJQ_aem_U7LcV7q_BlOPnKvnn-f9Nw\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/u-szeged.hu\/sztehirek\/2025-julius\/harom-uj-lendulet?objectParentFolderId=19396\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mta.hu\/lendulet\/ujabb-huszonegy-kutatocsoport-alakul-meg-az-akademia-lendulet-programja-kereteben-2025-ben-114548\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8-EP8pTXI7Y&amp;list=PLO4IEQZa_8XOQwQbOIm-7ButbkKgrIee1\">here<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/szeged365.hu\/2025\/12\/24\/a-szegedi-tudomanyegyetem-adjunktusa-lett-az-ev-fiatal-kutatoja\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPF7UxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeSvluS_9EXmNiEuaXbvYbiyd1_1gi5HsGcOK3_S77T2YvZ160sg_hWTiXwh8_aem__fLQjNpKA1DeONQB0UYv6A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iJkzdGd9cm0&amp;t=2062s\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spotify episods: 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7tei3pMtK2b6h54mM6lb5N\">Why study religions of antiquity today<\/a> (HU) 2) <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0ESo30wIpba318khVT6PF6\">Life and impact of Franz V. Cumont<\/a> (HU) 3) <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/75pPGdBTMojYs3dEIb6HRv\">Life and impact of M. J. Vermaseren<\/a>&nbsp;4)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6xFmGY1Q3LHzaK1dxSTJMT?fbclid=IwY2xjawPAySdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFnN2RHRHNpYzJ5Rm5LWE5Nc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsZfDkr_N1zgapxW-4yrzp5zjoiN5SFEdXZmK4L3ANG8p6maq5VckVs6HAMU_aem_BFaNFcjaHbssnzxha-yR3Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesus, Sol Invicus and Mithras: debunking a popular myth<\/a>&nbsp;(HU)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=65nEH_e_E_o&amp;list=PLngZV69Gt5dYaVGQx_HBA0hpCtNyAeVz6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Educative and popularising videos&nbsp;<\/a>about the Roman cult of Mithras by Csaba Szab\u00f3 (made in 2021-2025)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u-szeged.hu\/sztehirek\/2025-december\/romai-vallas-elo-oroksege-dr-szabo-csaba-mithras-kultusz?objectParentFolderId=19355&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawO4vFBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFnU0tKSEp0WUZYcmg3QnBQc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvikpZyixakXMpRx2jPM4JNjbH9nGa810gDuCl7WuQevLoyx_XnbZoGfaHxA_aem_pesbQJ1o-IrzKv8p-FtazQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview with Csaba Szab\u00f3<\/a>&nbsp;(University of Szeged) on the perspectives of the project&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szab\u00f3 Csaba,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ujkor.hu\/content\/december-25-nyomaban-jezus-szuletesnapja-es-a-sol-invictus-mithras-mitosz-tortenete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The day of Christmas and the myth of Sol Invictus-Mithras<\/a>&nbsp;(Hungarian article). \u00dajkor.hu. 2025.12.25.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Publications<\/span><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szab\u00f3, Csaba &#8211; Gugl, Christian (eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/display\/title\/73142\"><em>Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Archaeology of Religion<\/em><\/a>. Monumenta Graeca et Romana 32, Brill, Leiden, 2026.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szab\u00f3, Csaba, Glocalization and Roman Religious Communication in the Danubian Provinces. In: Mazzilli ez al. (eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/global-the-local-and-the-glocal-9781350398429\/\">The Global, the Local and the Glocal: Recent Approaches in Roman Archaeology<\/a><\/em>, Bloomsbury, London, 2026, 135-155.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Szab\u00f3, Csaba, Review:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/165256138\/Review_Walter_Scheidel_What_is_ancient_history_Princeton_2025_In_%C3%93kor_foly%C3%B3irat_2025_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scheidel, Walter, What is Ancient History?<\/a>&nbsp;Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2025. In: \u00d3kor foly\u00f3irat&nbsp;2025\/2, 68-70.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference paper by Csaba Szab\u00f3 (Temples of ancient Rome today: the religious heritage of an ancient empire in the 21st century. In:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100057533315667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Presente e futuro della lingua italiana e dell\u2019italianistica in Ungheria IV,&nbsp;<\/a>University of P\u00e9cs, Department of Italian Language and culture, 17th January 2026. &#8211; online)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BetfcVs4Tg8\">Public lecture of Csaba Szab\u00f3<\/a> at the University of Szeged congress hall (TIK) on religious interferences in the Roman Empire (18th February 2026)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ern\u0151 Szab\u00f3&#8217;s lecture on Roman monuments from Lask\u00f3 at the 4th Laus Pannoniae Conference, P\u00e9cs, 19th February 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Lecture of Csaba Szab\u00f3 on the myteries of Mithras at <a href=\"https:\/\/mcc.hu\/esemeny\/2026-03-17-uptodate-okor-tyukbellel-megkotott-kezek-mithras-miszteriumai-es-az-okori-beavatasi-szertartasok?fbclid=IwY2xjawQmx4hleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBzMXFaaElYNmFiYTh1Tldzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHmGP-2tGhhYsyxNtwAC3qYYCx94rMpe6ZiOSpOyDaqZ1OjJzs75_M1SYpUrk_aem_L6Svm9KJzZoU-ZxAwOeRIw\">Scruton MCC<\/a>, Budapest 17th March 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Conference paper of Csaba Szab\u00f3 and T\u00fcnde V\u00e1g\u00e1si on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/epigraphy.info\/workshop_10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Database of Mithraic Monuments from the Danubian provinces<\/a>&nbsp;at the 10th Epigraphic Workshop (24th March 2026, University of Graz, Austria)<\/li>\n<li>Conference lecture of Csaba Szab\u00f3 on dissemination of Roman religion in the Digital Age, Ludovika University, <a href=\"https:\/\/btk.pte.hu\/sites\/btk.pte.hu\/files\/2026-03\/Int_Conf_ENSTARH_II_2026_III_26-28_Ludovika%20UPS_St.%20Ladislaus%20Chapel.pdf\">ENSTARH International Conference,<\/a> 26-27th March 2026.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vallastudomanycom.wordpress.com\/konferenciak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mithras Day at the Faculty of Humanities<\/a>&nbsp;(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 Szab\u00f3, Attila Hajd\u00fa, R\u00f3bert P\u00e9ter, Hamvas Endre and R\u00e9ka Szil\u00e1rdi.<\/li>\n<li>Csaba Szab\u00f3, T\u00fcnde V\u00e1g\u00e1si and Ern\u0151 Szab\u00f3 were participating with individual papers at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vmmuzeum\/posts\/%EF%B8%8Fr%C3%B3mai-kor-tudom%C3%A1ny-veszpr%C3%A9m-ma-elstartolt-a-xviii-firokonf\/1554612720006606\/\" target=\"_blank\">18th Conference of Roman Studies from Hungary (FiRoKonf)<\/a>&nbsp;organised by the Laczk\u00f3 Dezs\u0151 Museum from Veszpr\u00e9m (24-26th April 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Press and open science<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=telb6Os27Rk\">Life-interview with prof. dr. Richard Gordon<\/a>, doyen of Roman religious studies and one of the leading researchers of Mithras studies (by Csaba Szab\u00f3 on 13th January 2026)<\/li>\n<li>Spotify podcast:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0Yz1x50qy9NpuxwflJu80h\">Interview with Levente L\u00e1szl\u00f3,<\/a> researcher of ancient astrology, classical philologist and the co-author of the most important book on Roman Mithras in Hungarian published in 2005.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ujkor.hu\/content\/mithras-kultusz-lendulet-projektben-interju-t-szabo-csabaval?fbclid=IwY2xjawQH9DZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBzMXFaaElYNmFiYTh1Tldzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHndw5DMeecEJvdXrmp3WCead2OrVBD9nYmybzSL3nHzzUm93veI8bsStz-6O_aem_y2JS3-WRM_YmmQh4xTn3HA\">Interview with Csaba Szab\u00f3,<\/a> PI of the research group about our work and recent studies of Roman Mithras (ujkor.hu)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spotify podcast:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/29t7KKFzZZ4B9Q9kViNjda?fbclid=IwY2xjawQnadRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBzMXFaaElYNmFiYTh1Tldzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrmP-jkBnRe2n-pR5mgMzUp0RMlvK3bAxEtGRLygmltqqXrrYNIh8TbuKqY1_aem_455Tt7n2MiyCA3JCgakCLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview with Orsolya L\u00e1ng<\/a>, museologist and archaeologist of the Aquincum Museum on the cult of Mithras in Aquincum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2027<\/p>\n<p>2028<\/p>\n<p>2029<\/p>\n<p>2030<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Publications Ern\u0151 Szab\u00f3 &#8211; Csaba Szab\u00f3,&nbsp;Beyond the Tales of the Sphinxes: Historical Notes on the So-called Sphinxes from \u2018Torda\u2019 (Turda) and \u2018Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely\u2019 (T\u00e2rgu Mure\u0219),&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":134,"href":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":890,"href":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roman-mithras.hu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}