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The Mithraic Mysteries were a mystery religion practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The name of the Persian god Mithra (proto-Indo-Iranian Mitra), adapted into Greek as Mithras, was linked to a new and distinctive imagery. Writers of the Roman Empire period referred to this mystery religion by phrases which can be anglicized as Mysteries of Mithras or Mysteries of the Persians; modern historians refer to it as Mithraism, or sometimes Roman Mithraism. The mysteries were popular in the Roman military.
Worshippers of Mithras had a complex system of seven grades of initiation, with ritual meals. Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake". They met in underground temples (called mithraea), which survive in large numbers. The cult appears to have had its centre in Rome.
Numerous archaeological finds, including meeting places, monuments and artifacts, have contributed to modern knowledge about Mithraism throughout the Roman Empire. The iconic scenes of Mithras show him being born from a rock, slaughtering a bull, and sharing a banquet with the god Sol (the Sun). About 420 sites have yielded materials related to the cult. Among the items found are about 1000 inscriptions, 700 examples of the bull-killing scene (tauroctony), and about 400 other monuments. It has been estimated that there would have been at least 680 mithraea in Rome. No written narratives or theology from the religion survive, with limited information to be derived from the inscriptions, and only brief or passing references in Greek and Latin literature. Interpretation of the physical evidence remains problematic and contested.
Chili Con Carnage is an action/adventure third-person shooter video game. It was developed by Deadline Games and published by Sci Entertainment in Europe and by Eidos in North America. Its predecessor Total Overdose was released September 27, 2005. Chili Con Carnage is not actually a true sequel to Total Overdose, as it goes by a different title and has a story that has nothing to do with Total Overdose. Many reviews of the game classify it as a remake of Total Overdose for the PlayStation Portable.
The player character is Ramiro "Ram" Cruz, an athletic wisecracker. Ramiro, after witnessing his father Ernesto being murdered (along with some kittens, which were Ram's birthday present to his father) in a freak combine harvester accident, wants revenge on the culprits responsible. The player will fights with drug lords, corrupt banditos, femme fatales, crooked mercenaries, and ritualistic zombies. In between the missions the player can choose to play mini games, in each of which the player is dropped right into the middle of a situation and must complete a number of moves (Fly on the Wall, Burrito Blast, Etc.) with a limited number of enemies, or beat a set score in a limited amount of time. There is no free-roaming option in the game.
Song: Artificial Human (2/9) Album: Retro Transmission (1997) Artist: Chrome
Chrome featuring Helios Creed from the album, "Retro Transmission" 1997 1 Intro/Chilli Con Carnage (5:25) 2 Artificial Human (5:44) 3 Sirius System (4:02) 4 More Space (3:04) 5 Retro Trans Mission (10:47) 6 Aratus (4:37) 7 Phobeus (4:47) 8 Saint Jimmy's Birthday (3:30) 9 Mithras (8:08)
Chrome featuring Helios Creed from the album, "Retro Transmission" 1997 1 Intro/Chili Con Carnage (5:25) 2 Artificial Human (5:44) 3 Sirius System (4:02) 4 More Space (3:04) 5 Retro Trans Mission (10:47) 6 Aratus (4:37) 7 Phobeus (4:47) 8 Saint Jimmy's Birthday (3:30) 9 Mithras (8:08)
Chrome featuring Helios Creed from the album, "Retro Transmission" 1997 1 Intro/Chili Con Carnage (5:25) 2 Artificial Human (5:44) 3 Sirius System (4:02) 4 More Space (3:04) 5 Retro Trans Mission (10:47) 6 Aratus (4:37) 7 Phobeus (4:47) 8 Saint Jimmy's Birthday (3:30) 9 Mithras (8:08)