The New Mithraeum

Hector Corneliorum

Hector erected an altar to Mithras in Emerita Augusta 'by means of a divine vision', something unusual in Hispania.

Altar by Hector Corneliorum of Mérida

This fragmented altar was found in two pieces that Ana Osorio Calvo has recently brought together.

Quintio

A slave of a certain Flavius Baeticus, Quintio dedicated an altar to the health of a companion.

Gaius Accius Hedychrus

Pater Patrum at Emerita Augusta

Marcus Valerius Secundus

Centurio frumentarius probably from Tarraco, who served in the Legio VII Gemina located in Emerita Agusta.

Tauroctony of Ottavio Zeno

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull by Ottavio Zeno is lost, but two tablets of Cautes and Cautopates, which were part of the same ensemble, has been exposed at the Louvre.

Roman Religion in the Danubian Provinces. Space Sacralisation and Religious Communication during the Principate (1st–3rd century AD)

The Danubian provinces represent one of the largest macro-units within the Roman Empire, with a large and rich heritage of Roman material evidence.

 

Dominique PERSOONS

Hello, I love this slab. Here, Cautes is carrying a torch with a figure on it, climbing towards the sky. This is extraordinary. The bas-relief found in the Basilica of Santo Rotondo on the Caelian Hill in Rome shows the Sun holding a small ball or round stone in his left hand which evokes a soul. This would be the image of the resurrection, the path of the soul that ascends to the Sun (Cautès). This image is found on the bas-relief of Tor Cervara in Rome, also kept in the Museum of the Baths of Diocletian. Here too, the Sun carries a round ball in his left hand. Here on your relief, it is a child. This resembles the iconography of the Middle Ages where the soul was represented as a child coming out of the mouth. In the background, the Berlin bull (Neues Museum in Berlin, 2nd century AD.) has its mouth open and is letting out a tongue which could be a soul, as mythology suggests (Gasquet, 1899). So, can we consider this child as the soul carried by Cautès, and coming out of the bull's mouth ? It shoud be revolutionnary !

Sol: Image and Meaning of the Sun in Roman Art and Religion

With this analysis of Sol images, Steven E. Hijmans paints a new picture of the solar cult in ancient Rome.

Secundinius Amantius

He was cornicularius, supply officer, to the prefect of the Legion XXII Primigenia.

Altar to Mithras and Mars of Mainz

This altar has been unusually dedicated to both gods Mithras and Mars at Mogontiacum, present-day Mainz.

Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus

Dedicated an altar found in Gallia Narbonensis on the occasion of his elevation to the grade of Perses.

Inscription of Vaison-la-Romaine

This is one of the few known Mithraic inscriptions dedicated by a member who attained the grade of Perses.

Kamerios

Kamerios reached the third grade in the Mithraic ladder. A graffiti celebrates his achievement in the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

Graffiti to Kamelios from Dura Europos Mithraeum

The text mentions a certain Kamelios, described as immaculate miles.

Testimonios de un culto oriental entre los astures transmontanos. La lápida y el santuario mitraicos de San Juan de la Isla (Asturias)

La creación del mito de Mitra | Jaime Alvar Ezquerra

Jaime Alvar Ezquerra habla de 'La creación del mito de Mitra' en el tercer seminario online de Aglaya.

El culto de Mitra en Hispania

La religión de la Hispania romana no ha sido un campo suficientemente trabajado.

Villa romana de Fuente Álamo

One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

Gran mitreo de Mérida

Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.

Tauroctony of the gran mitreo de Mérida

These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.