The New Mithraeum Database

Jaime Alvar hace en este libro un estudio exhaustivo de las condiciones en las que se produce la introducción de Mitra en Hispania, a finales del siglo I d. C., en un momento sorprendentemente prematuro en relación con otras regiones del occidente latin…

Recent interpretations link this marble inscription to the cult of the goddess Nemesis.

TNMM733 – CIMRM 768

On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

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This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.

TNMM732 – CIMRM 767

This unfinished Mithras tauroctonos without the usual surrounding animals was found in 1923 in Italica, near Seville, Spain.

TNMM659 – CIMRM 769

Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.

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One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

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The Mithras of Cabra is the only full preserved Tauroctony sculpture found in Spain yet.

TNMM136 – CIMRM 771

Fragmentary marble statue of Mithras Tauroctonos from Córdoba.

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