The New Mithraeum Database

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

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…

Hermadio's inscriptions have been found in Dacian Tibiscum and Sarmizegetusa, as well as in Rome.

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

Clarissimus knight and legate born in Poetovio that helped to disseminate the cult of Mithras in the African provinces.

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

Veteran and ex duplicarius of ala I civum Romanorum who dedicated an altar to Mithras in Teutoburgium.

Greek-speaking member of the community of Mithras followers from Apulum in the 2nd century.

Slave who dedicated an altar to Nabarze in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa.

Centurion who dedicated the first known Latin inscription to the invincible Mithras.

Veteran of the legion XIII and member of the Fabia tribe.

The Mithraeum of Marino presents an unusually elongated structure with depictions from the Severian period.

TNMM22

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

TNMM310 – CIMRM 1919

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

This gemstone depicting Mithras killing the bull, preserved in the Ploiești Museum, originated from Prahova County or south of the Danube area.

TNMM794

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

TNMM57 – CIMRM 2027, 2033

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

TNMM786

The relief of Mithras killing the bull, found near Zvornik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, features some variations on the usual scene.

TNMM765

This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.

TNMM579 – CIMRM 2153

The relief of Mithra slaying the bull from Apulum, Romania, has been missing until the scholar Csaba Szabó identified it in the diposit of the Arad Museum.

TNMM346 – CIMRM 1938