Quaere

The New Mithraeum Database of Italy

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras from Italy.

Monumentum

Tauroctony of Aula Gotica
What appears to be a representation of Mithras killing the bull appears in the 12th century frescoes of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.
TNMM762
Monumentum

Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
TNMM234 – CIMRM 188
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
TNMM23 – CIMRM 180
Socius

CAMILLA ZAMBIANCHI
Monumentum

Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
The frescoes depict several figures dressed in different garments associated with the Mithraic degrees.
TNMM104 – CIMRM 268
Monumentum

Cautes of the mitreo di Santa Prisca
The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.
TNMM758 – CIMRM 477
Mithraeum

Mitreo della domus dei capitelli
Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.
TNMM757
Monumentum

Mosaics from Mitreo degli Animali
Several figures related to the Mysteries of Mithras are depicted on the mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Animals.
TNMM168 – CIMRM 279
Monumentum

Taurcotony of Nesce
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.
TNMM420 – CIMRM 650, 651
Apronianus rei p(ublicae) ark(arius) sua pecunia fecit.
Monumentum

Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus
In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having undergone the taurobolium.
TNMM756 – CIMRM 522
M(atri) d(eorum) m(agnae) I(daeae) et Attidi Menoturanno s(acrum). Nobilis in causis forma celsusq(ue) Sabinus Hie pater Invieti mystica victor habet, Sermo duos...... reservans Consimiles aufert…