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The New Mithraeum Database

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Relief of Aion on globe

The lion-headed god is standing on a globe encicled by two crossed bands on which five pearls.

 
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Mitreo Sacellum delle Tre Navate

The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.

 
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Tauroctony relief exposed at the Hermitage Museum

The relief marble of Mithras sacrifying the bull, exposed on the Hermitage Museum comes from Rome.

 
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Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani

Mithras rock-born from Villa Giustiniani was holding a bunch of grapes in its raised right hand instead of a torch, probably due to a restoration.

 
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Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis

This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.

 
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Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo

The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.

 
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Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo

The Felicissimo Mithraeum has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.

 
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Altar to a Perses of S. Silvestro in Capite

This monument was erected on the occasion of the elevation of a member to the Mithraic grade of Perses.

 
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Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis

The altar includes a slab with an inscription for the salvation of two emperors.

 
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Mitreo della Planta Pedis

The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.

 
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Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali

The head of Mithras had seven holes made for fastening rays.

 
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Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.

 
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Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan

Marcus Valerius Maximus records in this inscription his knowledge of astrology as well as the name of his wife.

 
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Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia

This monument to the invincible god Mithras was inscribed on the façade of the church of Aiello deil Friuli, Aquileia.

 
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Tauroctony from Aquileia

The relief of the Mithraic tauroctony of Aquiliea is currently on display in Vienna.

 
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Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus

The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.

 
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Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

It bears an inscription repeated on each side of the podia.

 
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Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.

 
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Inscription of Lucius Sempronius

Slab marble indicates that Lucius Sempronius has donated a throne to the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte.

 
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Inscriptions of Caseggiato di Diana

This marble slab found near the Casa de Diana in Ostia bears two inscription with several names of brothers of a same community

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