The New Mithraeum Database

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.

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…

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

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.

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

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.

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

TNMM797 – CIMRM 1973