The New Mithraeum Database

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.

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

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

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

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.

This column found in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa bears an inscription to Nabarze instead of Mithras.

This monument bears an inscription by a certain Lucius Aelius Hylas, in which he associates Sol Invictus with Jupiter.

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

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

Mithras born from the rock with a snake raising in coils around it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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