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Some of the catacombs started as Roman quarries, and were taken over by Mithraists, who believed that Mithras must be worshipped underground. In other cases, the Mithraists excavated their own underground places of worship.
By the third century CE, Mithraism was in decline and Christians began to take over the catacombs as burial places. It seems that the Christians felt that by burying their dead in catacombs that had belonged to Mithraism, they were dishonouring that religion.
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A:The Roman catacombs began as underground mines and quarries prior to the Common Era. When no longer in use, they were occupied and extended by the worshippers of Mithras, a Roman sun god, who needed to worship underground. Hundreds of temples, sculptures, fragments and inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found in the catacombs, including the main large Mithraic temple that lies directly underneath the Vatican. However, there are also images in the catacombs of the Egyptian god Horus as a baby being held by the Virgin Isis-Meri. In the third century CE, with Mithraism losing support, Christianity was strong enough to appropriate the Mithraic catacombs for its own use. It is believed that the Christians began to use the catacombs for Christian burials as an act of impiety towards Mithraism.
