The New Mithraeum Database

A certain Secundinus, steward of the emperor, dedicated this altar to Mithras in Noricum, today Austria.

Three plaster altars within the main altar of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos, two of them with traces of fire and cinders.

This small monument without inscription was found in Bingem, Germany.

This relief of Mithras as a bullkiller, probably found in Rome, has been part of the Palazzo Mattei collection since at least the end of the 18th century.

The inscription was located at the base of the main Tauroctony of the Gimmeldingen Mithraeum.

This altar to Deo Invicto was found during the excavation of the Monastero Delle Benedettine di Santa Grata in Bergamo, with a bronze calf’s head on top.

This fragmented altar of a certain Caius Iulius Crescens, found in the Mithraeum of Friedberg, bears an inscription to the Mother Goddesses.

This plaque from Carsulae, in Umbria, refers to the creation of a leonteum erected by the lions at their own expense.

Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.

This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.

The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.

Marble plaque with inscription of a sacerdos probatus to Sol and the god Invictus Mithras.

This enigmatic fresco on top of the main tauroctony shows Mithras killing the bull, accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates, surrounded by burning altars and cypress trees.

This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.

This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.

This marble relief bears an inscription by Marcus Modius Agatho, who dedicated several monuments to Mithras on the Caelian Hill in Rome.

According to the inscription on it, this altar probably supported a statue of Jupiter.

The inscription reports the restoration of the coloured painting of the main relief of the Mithraeum by a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta.

This is one of the few known Mithraic inscriptions dedicated by a member who attained the grade of Perses.

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