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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

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Cresces

Administrator, probably a slave of Pater Alfius Severus, who dedicated the main altar of the Mitreo di Marino.

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Materninius Faustinus

He erected one of the last known mithraea on his property.

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Hector Corneliorum

Hector erected an altar to Mithras in Emerita Augusta by means of a ‘divine vision’.

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Marcus Statius Niger

Marcus Statius Niger was a lion who erected an altar to Cautopates in Statio, the present-day Angera, with his brother Gaius.

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Aphrodisius Corneliorum

Aphrodisius, probably of Greek origin, must have been a slave of the Cornelii.

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Hermadio

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

 
Notitia

A Man of the Gods and Mysteries. On Vettius Agorius Praetextatus

At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.

 
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Il dio splendente. I Misteri romani di Mithra fra Oriente e Occidente

A study that re-examines Roman Mithraism through epigraphic evidence and comparative analysis, exploring its links with Orphism, Platonism, and Iranian traditions, and presenting the cult of Mithras as a solar path of individual spiritual awakening between East and West…

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 723

Fragment of a double-sided white marble Mithraic relief from San Zeno, found near the Castello di Tuenno, depicting elements of the tauroctony cycle and bearing a dedication to Deo Invicto Mithrae.

 
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Altar of Kalkar

This altar found at ancient Burginatum is the northernmost in situ Mithraic find on the continent.

 
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Bust of Aion of unkown origine

This bust of a lion-headed figure has been was part of a French private collection.

 
Textum

Justin Martyr: Mithras as a demonic imitation of Christ

In these two key passages, Justin Martyr interprets Mithraic rituals and myths as demonic parodies of Christ’s incarnation, the Eucharist, and biblical revelation.

 
Monumentum

Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather

This monument is the only one still available from the disappeared Mithraeum in Piazza S. Silvestro in Capite.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony medallion of Egypt

This tauroctony may have come from Hermopolis and its style suggests a Thraco-Danubian origin.

 
Monumentum

Mitreo di San Clemente

The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.

 
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La Porte de Mithra. Aux origines de l'Alévisme

Kerivel explore voie mystique des Alévis que, selon lui, trouve son origine dans la très ancienne religiosité des peuples iraniens et sur les structures et les rituels du culte de Mithra.

 
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Phallic Miscellanies. Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India

India, beyond all other countries on the face of the earth, is preeminently the home of the worship of the Phallus—Linga puja. It has been so for ages and remains so still.

 
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The Mithraic Prophecy

Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy.

 
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Il Mitreo del Circo Massimo. Studio preliminare di un monumento inedito tra archeologia, conservazione e fruizione

This volume collects the first results of the extensive and articulated research project dedicated to the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.

 
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Corpus Hermeticum

The links between Egypt and Greece are strong and far-reaching, and although the zoomorphic gods frightened Herodotus, the fact remains that the two cultures continued to influence each other.

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