The New Mithraeum Database

A naked Sol leans over his fellow Mithras while raising his drinking-horn during the sacred feast.

Szony's bronze plate shows Mithra slaying the bull and the seven planets with attributes at the bottom of the composition.

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Zadar includes a naked Sol in a quadriga.

White marble relief (H. 0.50 Br. about 0.60), walled in the back-wall of the Casino of the Villa Giustiniani (nowadays Massimi-P. Lancelotti).

Relief (H. 0.82 Br. l.66).

Relief (H. 0.73 Br. 0.96) of bluish marble.

Fragment of a limestone low-relief (H. 0.33 Br. 0.19), found at S.