The New Mithraeum Database

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

TNMM246 – CIMRM 835

The Danubian provinces represent one of the largest macro-units within the Roman Empire, with a large and rich heritage of Roman material evidence. Although the notion itself is a modern 18th-century creation, this region represents a unique area, where t…

The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.

TNMM428 – CIMRM 778, 779

Prefect, probably of Cohors II Tungrorum, who dedicated an altar to the invincible sun god Mithras in Camboglanna, Britannia.

Solder of the Legio II Augusta who dedicated a monument to Mithras Invictus in Isca.

The remains of the mithraic triptic of Tróia, Lusitania, were part of a bigger composition.

TNMM245 – CIMRM 798

The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey). Travelers and colonists from theseS…

This head was found at the east end of temple of Mithras in London.

TNMM351

The London Mithraeum also known as Walbrook Mithraeum has been contextualized and relocated in its original emplacement in 2016.

TNMM25 – CIMRM 814

The Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl was found in ancient Pannonia Superior, currently Austria.

TNMM278 – CIMRM 1658

Equus and Prefect.

Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.

Procurator of Tarraconensis, he dedicated a monument to the Invincible God, Isis and Serapis in Asturica Augusta.

Priest of Mithras who dedicated an altar to Petra Genetrix in Carnuntum.

Dux of Pannonia Prima et Noricum Ripense, he built a mithraeum in Poetovio.

Scholar, politician and a court astrologer to the Roman emperors Claudius, Nero and Vespasian.

Probably of Greek descent, he was active in Pannonia Superior by the 2nd century.

A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.

TNMM200 – CIMRM 860

The Caernarfon candelabrum is a reconstruction of several iron pieces found in the Mithraeum of Caernarfon.

TNMM416

To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

TNMM592 – CIMRM 808