Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-1657156-20130413051827/@comment-6134883-20130413205312

Mithraism was a syncretic religion based on the mythos of the young god Mithra who was identified with light and famously slew a bull it was also a secretive sect which is why little of it's theology or ritual is known today. It was further extremely popular with the Roman Legions - which is why I wonder if Empy might have had something to do with it. The Mithraic cult would have enabled him to manipulate the military leadership of the late Empire behind the scenes. I suspect it was always Empy strategy to work from the top down through the governing elites. Mystery cults would have been a wonderful means to influence those elites.