The New Mithraeum Database in Romania

This sculpture of Cautes holding a bull’s head was found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa, Romania.

TNMM522 – CIMRM 2122, 2123

The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.

TNMM310 – CIMRM 1919

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.

TNMM797 – CIMRM 1973

This remarkable marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum includes a unique dedication by its donor, featuring the rare term signum, seldom found in Mithraic contexts.

TNMM796 – CIMRM 1947, 1948

This gemstone depicting Mithras killing the bull, preserved in the Ploiești Museum, originated from Prahova County or south of the Danube area.

TNMM794

The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.

TNMM57 – CIMRM 2027, 2033

This limestone altar to Sol Invictus Mithra was found at Turda in 1905.

TNMM788 – CIMRM 2377

This is the second altar found in Ceanu Mic to date, dedicated to an Invictus being.

TNMM789 – CIMRM 2376

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

TNMM666 – CIMRM 1945

This altar to Invictus Mythra (sic) was found in 1867 in ancient Maros Portum, now Sighișoara, Romania.

TNMM787 – CIMRM 1939

This is one of the at least three inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marcus to Mithras Invictus found in Alba Iulia, Romania.

TNMM69

Sighișoara is a municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureș County, central Romania.

One of the three known inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marci, found in Alba Iulia, Romania.

TNMM786

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

TNMM665 – CIMRM 1942, 1943

Coin of Istrus, Moesia Inferior, showing Caracalla on one side and a god on horseback (Mithras ?) on the other.

TNMM518

Under Roman rule from the 1st century CE, Histria was incorporated into the province of Moesia. The city is noted on the Tabula Peutingeriana, which places it 11 miles from Tomis and 9 miles from Ad Stoma.

This monument bears an inscription to Mithras by a well-known general of the Roman Empire.

TNMM506 – CIMRM 1950

Mithraic stele, from Alba Iulia, Romania, with inscription.

TNMM257 – CIMRM 1937

This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.

TNMM579 – CIMRM 2153