A similar view has been expressed by Luther H. Martin: "Apart from the name of the god himself, in other words, Mithraism seems to have developed largely in and is, therefore, best understood from the context of Roman culture."
路德·H. 馬丁（Luther H. Martin）也表達了類似的觀點：“除了神明祂自己的名號以外，換句話說，密特拉教似乎已經在很大的程度上得到了發展，因此，從羅馬文化的背景下可以得到最好的理解。