{"slug": "eleusinian-mysteries", "label": "Eleusinian Mysteries", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26314", "qid": "Q26314", "description": "secret religious rites in ancient Greece", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-1499, 396], "span_label": ["1500 BCE", "396 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "balkans", "label": "Balkans", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dacia", "label": "Dacia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-corinth", "label": "Ancient Corinth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peloponnese", "label": "Peloponnese", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "argos-peloponnese", "label": "Argos, Peloponnese", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "epirus", "label": "Epirus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1499, "year_label": "1500 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "c. 1500 BC — Eleusinian Mysteries start in Ancient Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320312812#Events_and_trends", "title": "1500s BC (decade)", "revid": 1320312812, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": 124, "year_label": "124 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "During a voyage to Greece, Hadrian is initiated in the ancient rites known as the Eleusinian Mysteries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330350231#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 124", "revid": 1330350231, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 170, "year_label": "170 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Costoboci cross the Danube (Dacia) and ravage Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula. They reach Eleusina, near Athens, and destroy the temple of the Eleusinian Mysteries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371303023#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 170", "revid": 1371303023, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 171, "year_label": "171 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Costoboci cross the Danube (Dacia) and ravage Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula. They reach Eleusis, near Athens, and destroy the temple of the Eleusinian Mysteries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371303100#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 171", "revid": 1371303100, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 392, "year_label": "392 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Theodosius I issues an edict reinforcing the prohibition of prayers or sacrifices at non-Christian temples, leading to the persecution of pagans and the end of the almost 2,000-year-old Eleusinian Mysteries. He also bans items of pagan spiritual significance that could be used in the home, such as incense or spiritual figures.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331511439#Roman_Empire", "title": "392", "revid": 1331511439, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 396, "year_label": "396 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Revolt of Alaric I: The Visigoths, led by Alaric I, rampage through Greece and plunder Corinth, Argos and Sparta. They destroy the Temple of Eleusis, and harry the Peloponnese. Stilicho makes peace with the Goths, and allows them to settle in Epirus (Balkans).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1276670607#Roman_Empire", "title": "396", "revid": 1276670607, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}