https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mithraic-mysteries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlF0gVedODE

• men's club

• initiation rituals

• levels of progression

• initiates called themselves syndexioi, or "united by the handshake"

• secretive but symbolism displayed publicly

• underground meeting places found all over Europe

• all levels of Roman society involved but really popular with Roman soldiers (police)

• a depiction of a compass at one of the archeological sites

• Mithras sometimes thought of as a sun god and referred to as Invictus (possible Nimrod alias)

• Also thought of as a god of light

Are we looking at freemasonry 1.0 here? Were these guys quietly guiding the direction of the Roman Empire?