The Mithraic material documented in Pannonia superior is closely associated with military communities, urban settlements and frontier infrastructure established along the Danubian limes. The province played a major role in the expansion and consolidation of Mithraic cults within the Roman frontier system.
Mithraic monuments of Pannonia superior
Mithraeum I of Ptuj
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
CIMRM 1487
Mithraeum III of Ptuj
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
CIMRM 1578
Mithraeum I of Carnuntum
According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular.
CIMRM 1664
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
Cautes and Cautopates attend the birth of Mithras from the rock in the Petrogenia of the third Mithraeum of Ptuj.
CIMRM 1593
Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares
Altar with Cautes and Cautopates dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras as protector of the Tetrarchy in 3rd-century Carnuntum.
CIMRM 1697
Mithraeum of Fertőrákos
The temple of Mithras in Fertorakos was constructed by soldiers from the Carnuntum legion at the beginning of the 3rd century AD.
CIMRM 1636
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
The main cultic relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Fertorakos was carved into the rock face.
CIMRM 1642
Mithraeum III of Carnuntum
Mithraeum III found in the west part of Petronell near Hintausried in August 1894 by J. Dell and C. Tragau.
CIMRM 1682
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
The sculpture includes a serpent climbing the rock from which Mithras is born.
CIMRM 1492
Felsgeburt des Mithras
Mithras Petrogenitus, born from the rock, from the Mithraeum of Carnuntum III.
CIMRM 1687
Mithraeum of Rožanec
According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.
CIMRM 1481
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Aelius Nigrinus dedicated this small altar in Carnuntum to the rock from which Mithras was born.
CIMRM 1674
Brothers active in Pannonia superior
Places in Pannonia superior
Rodine
Rožanec is a settlement north of the town of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia.
Brigetio
Brigetio, which became Szőny, was an independent town until 1977, when it was incorporated into Komárom. The Roman legion Legio I Adiutrix was stationed here from 86 AD until the middle of the 5th century.
Carnuntum
Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.
Poetovio
The Romans controlled Poetovium until the 1st century BC. It became the base camp of the Legio XIII Gemina, where they built a castrum.
Savaria
Szombathely is the oldest recorded city in Hungary. It was founded by the Romans in 45 AD under the name of Colonia Claudia Savariensum, and it was the capital of the Pannonia Superior province of the Roman Empire.
Siscia
Sisak is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, 57 km southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavina begins, with an elevation of 99 m.
Inscriptions from Pannonia superior
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Mithraeum of Rožanec
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus
Bronze plaque of Sisak
References
- Attilio Mastrocinque (2017) The Mysteries of Mithras. A different account
- Bricault, Veymers, Amoroso et al. (2021) The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Friederike Harl (2017) Mithras-Relief
- Gabriel Simeoni (2023) The Father of Mithras
- István Tóth (1992) A Dacian 'Apostle' of the cult of Mithras?
- Lupa.at (2020) Altar für Mithras und Transitus
- Marcel Le Glay (1954) Le Mithraeum de Lambèse
- Marjeta Šašel Kos (2018) The residents of Siscia. A population study
- Szabó Csaba (2022) Mithraeum I, III and V in Poetovio (Ptuj, Slovenia)
- Ubi Erat Lupa (2020) Weihung für Mithras
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2024) M(arcus) Valerius Maximianus
- Visit Ptuj (2020) Mithras shrines. Mithraeum I and III
- Hotel Mitra
- Mithras Shrine I Mithras shrine III – Regional Museum of Ptuj
- Mithras.hu











