The Mithraic material documented in Narbonensis reflects the province’s strong Mediterranean orientation and long-standing urban traditions. Ports, trade routes and civic centres played an important role in the circulation of religious practices between Italy, Hispania and southern Gaul.
Mithraic monuments of Narbonensis
Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.
CIMRM 895
Mithréum de Vienne
Emperor Julian may have been initiated into the cult of the god Mithras at the Mithraeum of Vienne, France, according to Turcan.
CIMRM 901
Aion of Arles
The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.
CIMRM 879
Aion of Vienne
The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.
CIMRM 902
Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
The low relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol depicting Mithras killing the bull has been chiseled on the rock.
CIMRM 896
Portable tauroctony of Vienna
This small white marble relief of Mithras as a bullkiller was found in the Botanical Gardens of Vienna in 1950.
CIMRM 1650
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
This limestone altar bears an inscription from its donor, Firmidius Severinus, in honour of Mithras after 26 years of service in the Legio VIII Augusta.
CIMRM 916
Mithréum de La Bâtie-Montsaléon
During the excavations of 1804-1805, a series of monuments dedicated to Mithras and a temple were discovered at ancient Mons Seleucus.
Tauroctony from La Bâtie-Montsaléon
This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.
CIMRM 898
Mithras head of Arles
This head of Italian marble, found at Arles, probably belongs to a sculpure of Mithras.
CIMRM 881
Inscription of Vaison-la-Romaine
This is one of the few known Mithraic inscriptions dedicated by a member who attained the grade of Perses.
CIMRM 887
Funerary inscription of Publius Anthius Logus from Montpellier
A funerary cippus, dated to the 2nd–3rd century, commemorating Publius Anthius Logus, pater sacrorum, and erected by Cornelia, daughter of Lucius, found at Sextantio near modern Montpellier in Narbonensis.
CIMRM 885
Brothers attested in Narbonensis
Places in Narbonensis
Apta Julia
Apt is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Aquae Sextiae
Aix-en-Provence or simply Aix, is a city and commune in southern France, about 30 km north of Marseille.
Arelate
The Romans took Arelate from the Ligurians in 123 BC and made it an important city by building a canal towards the Mediterranean. Present-day Arles has preserved many Roman buildings.
Bergoiata
Bourg-Saint-Andéol is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Rhône Valley in southern France.
Genava
Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
Mons Seleucus
La Bâtie-Montsaléon is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is notable for being the location of the Battle of Mons Seleucus in 353, when Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius.
Murviel
Murviel-lès-Montpellier is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Narbo
Narbonne rboː]; Late Latin: Narbona is a commune and subprefecture in Southern France, located in the Occitania region.
Vasio
Vaison-la-Romaine is a town in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Vaison-la-Romaine is famous for its rich Roman ruins and mediaeval town and cathedral. The old town is split into two parts: the
Inscriptions from Narbonensis
Mithréum de Vienne
Relief de Bourg-Saint-Andéol
Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
Tauroctony from La Bâtie-Montsaléon
Inscription of Vaison-la-Romaine
Funerary inscription of Publius Anthius Logus from Montpellier
Marble tauroctony relief from Aix-en-Provence
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Félix Lajard (1845) Mémoire sur un bas-relief mithriaque qui a été découvert à Vienne (Isère)
- Les Amis de Mons Seleucus (2011) Mons Seleucus, La Batie-Montsaléon, Hautes-Alpes
- M. Herni Lavange (1982) Un bas-relief mithriaque du Musée de Vienne (Isère)
- Richard Gordon (2007) Institutionalized Religious Options: Mithraism. The Companion to Roman Religion
- Robert Turcan (1972) Les religions de l\'Asie dans la Vallée du Rhône
- Robert Turcan (1975) Mithras Platonicus
- V. J. Walters (1974) The Cult of Mithras in the Roman Provinces of Gaul






