The New Mithraeum Database

The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.

Interested in Mithraism especially from its Zoroastrian perspective.

Design student, blacksmith and student of western magic traditions.

Possibly a Mithraic scene discovered in Mödling, Austria.

Pater Patrum at Vieu (Valromey)

Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.

Sandstone base carved on two sides, with a head of Medusa framed by acanthus leaves and a reclining lion holding a head between its forelegs.

An oval carnelian gem from Carnuntum showing Mithras tauroktonos in a grotto. Sol and Luna appear above, with both torchbearers and a small altar before the bull.

This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.

This plaque was found in Mithraeum I at Stockstadt broken into pieces inserted between the blocks of the socle of the cult relief, in the manner of a votive deposit.

De oorspronkelijke Nederlandse uitgave van 1959 introduceerde het werk van Vermaseren, dat als klassiek geldt in de populaire studie van het mithraïsme en dat de belangstelling voor deze cultus blijvend heeft gevormd.

Caesarea was first settled by the Phoenicians in the 4th century BC. In 63 BC, the Romans annexed the region and Caesarea became the seat of the Roman procurators.