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The Cult Dossier · No. 005 · Ancient Mystery Cult
Pythagorean Brotherhood
Mathematikoi and Akousmatikoi
c.530 – c.450 BCE (revivals to 3rd c. CE) · Croton and Metapontum, southern Italy
I. ANTIQUITY — THE MYSTERY CULTS
Religious-philosophical hybrid
### Who led it
### What it worshipped and taught
### Who was in it
### How it ended, or where it stands
### The dead
### Of note
### Its timeline
- c.530 BCE Pythagoras emigrates from Samos to Croton and founds the community.
- c.510 BCE Brotherhood dominates the politics of Croton; Croton destroys Sybaris.
- c.509–450 BCE Anti-Pythagorean risings; the meeting house at Croton burned with members inside, allegedly at Cylon's instigation.
- c.495 BCE Pythagoras dies at Metapontum.
- 1st c. BCE onward Neopythagoreanism revives the movement in Rome; Apollonius of Tyana its most famous exponent.
### Its people
### Pythagoras of Samos
the Man; He Himself
Founder, the Pythagorean Brotherhood · c.570 – c.495 BCE · active c.530–c.495 BCE
Before the law. None recorded.
Where things stand. Deceased c.495 BCE.
- c.530 BCE Founds the community at Croton.
- c.510 BCE Brotherhood dominant in Croton politics; Sybaris destroyed.
- c.509 BCE Anti-Pythagorean rising; the meeting house burned with members inside.
- c.495 BCE Dies at Metapontum.
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