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The New Mithraeum Database

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Hermadio

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

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Aurelius Hermodorus

Praeses of the Noric Mediterranean province, of equestrian rank, restaured the Mithraeum of Virunum in 311.

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Doryphorus

Doryphorus gave his grade and name in a monumental candalabrum found in Rome.

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Quintus Petronius Felix Marsus

Syndexios in Ostia, his name Marsus suggests that he was a snake-charmer.

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Cnaeus Arrius Claudianus

Libertus from the Arrii-family to which also belonged the Emperor Antonius Pius.

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Gaius Sacidius Barbarus

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

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Mareinos

He is the painter of most of the frescoes in the mithraeum of Dura Europos.

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Callimorphus

Callimorphus was a cashier (arkarius) of the estates of Chresimus, steward of emperors.

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Gaius Aufidius Ianuarius

Donor of the monumental Borghese relief.

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Ambianicus

He travelled to Juliomagus and engraved vases to the undefeated Sun Mithras for his brothers.

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Sextus Pompeius Maximus

Pater Patrum of Ostia, he officiated at the Mitreo Aldobrandini where he is mentioned in a couple of inscriptions.

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Lucius Gavidius

He dedicated to the Emperor, for the worshipers of the god Mithras a sculpture in Stabiae.

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Victorinus

Slave of the imperial family and dispensator who repaired an image of Mithras in Tibur, near Rome.

 
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The Mithraeum of Rusicade

The Rusicade Mithraeum is notable for the absence of a tauroctony relief, instead yielding multiple altars and unusual installations including conduit pipes and a pine-cone shaped stone.

 
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Altar by Septimius Zosimus from Roma

This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

 
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Hekataion of Sidon

The Hekataion of Sidon, which depicts Hekate in her trimorphic form surrounded by three dancing girls, is the only example found to date in connection with the Mithraic cult.

 
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La grotta del Mitreo

The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.

 
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Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini

The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras’s myth.

 
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Tauroctony from Stixneusiedl

Limestone tauroctony relief from Carnuntum with traces of polychromy and a graffito on the bull’s neck. The inscribed base was carved separately.

 
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Lion from Les Bolards

A limestone lion holding a flowing urn, discovered at the entrance of the Mithraeum of Les Bolards, reflects the ritual significance of water within the cult of Mithras.

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