The New Mithraeum Database

This monument has been identified from ’Memorie di varie antichità trovate in diversi luoghi della città di Roma’, a book by Flaminio Vacca of 1594.

This marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found at Porto d’Anzio in 1699 and now lost, is known from a engraving by del Torre.

This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

The relief of Palazzo Colonna, Rome, depicts a lion-headed figure holding a burning torch in his outstretched hands.

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

There is no consensus on the authenticity of this monument erected by a certain Secundinus in Lugdunum, Gallia.

Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.

This intaglio portrays Mithra slaying the bull on one side, and a lion with a bee, around seven stars, and inscription, on the other.

This inscription on an antique funeral urn mentions a certain high priest of Mithras.

The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.

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.

The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.

The relief marble of Mithras sacrifying the bull, exposed on the Hermitage Museum comes from Rome.

Mithras rock-born from Villa Giustiniani was holding a bunch of grapes in its raised right hand instead of a torch, probably due to a restoration.

This temple of Mithras on the north side of the Capitoline Hill in Rome no longer exists.

This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.