The New Mithraeum Database

This sculpture of Cautes holding a bull’s head was found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa, Romania.

TNMM522 – CIMRM 2122, 2123

The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.

TNMM310 – CIMRM 1919

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes various singular features specific to the Danubian area.

TNMM797 – CIMRM 1973

This remarkable marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum includes a unique dedication by its donor, featuring the rare term signum, seldom found in Mithraic contexts.

TNMM796 – CIMRM 1947, 1948

The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.

TNMM57 – CIMRM 2027, 2033

This limestone altar to Sol Invictus Mithra was found at Turda in 1905.

TNMM788 – CIMRM 2377

This is the second altar found in Ceanu Mic to date, dedicated to an Invictus being.

TNMM789 – CIMRM 2376

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

TNMM666 – CIMRM 1945

This altar to Invictus Mythra (sic) was found in 1867 in ancient Maros Portum, now Sighișoara, Romania.

TNMM787 – CIMRM 1939

This is one of the at least three inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marcus to Mithras Invictus found in Alba Iulia, Romania.

TNMM69

Sighișoara is a municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureș County, central Romania.

Syntrofus, whose Greek cognomen means companion, is part of a modest Mithraic community in Apulum.

One of the three known inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marci, found in Alba Iulia, Romania.

TNMM786

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

TNMM665 – CIMRM 1942, 1943

This monument bears an inscription to Mithras by a well-known general of the Roman Empire.

TNMM506 – CIMRM 1950

Mithraic stele, from Alba Iulia, Romania, with inscription.

TNMM257 – CIMRM 1937

There are no further details about this Mithraic statue from Transylvania, the historical region of central Romania.

TNMM705 – CIMRM 2185

This small relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 1859 in Turda, in the Cluj region of Romania.

TNMM668 – CIMRM 1920, 1921

This relief of Mithras killing the bull is unique in the Apulum Mithraic repertoire because of its inscription in Greek.

TNMM667 – CIMRM 2002