The New Mithraeum Database

Le culte romain de Mithra. Entre réalités antiques et fantasmes contemporains ! Par Richard Veymiers, directeur du Domaine et Musée royal de Mariemont.

Découvrez les coulisses de la réalisation et du montage de l’exposition « Le mystère Mithra. Plongée au cœur d’un culte romain ».

Des rituels mystérieux, une hiérarchie gradée au sein d’un culte énigmatique, une société considérée pendant longtemps comme secrète au sein de l’Empire Romain…

Two slaves sign this small monument to Cautes.

Founded on the site of ancient Byzantium and refounded in 330 CE, Constantinopolis became an imperial residence in the eastern Roman Empire. In the 4th century, it was a key setting for interaction between traditional cults and Christian authority.

Marble statue (H. 0.65), found at Torrita near Nazzano in the beginning of the 19th century.

Mithras Petrogenitus from Saint-Aubin en France.

A number of metal objects and weapons have been found in the Mithraeum of Les Bolards, close to Nuits-Saint-Georges in France.

Mithraic Community for the English-speaking world.

The head of Mithras of Angers has been found a four months after the main relief.

The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.

The low relief of Bourg-Saint-Andéol depicting Mithras killing the bull has been chiseled on the rock.

These two inscriptions by a certain Titus Martialius Candidus are dedicated to Cautes and Cautopates.