The New Mithraeum Database

We’ve put together a new table of cross-references of monuments to Mithras in several databases, including Vermaseren’s Corpus, Cumont’s Textes, CIL, l’Année épigraphique, Clauss / Slaby and Heldeiberg’s epigraphic databases, and more…

This altar to Mithras found in Aquilieia mentions several persons of a same community.

This eulogy of Saint Eugene of Trapezos tells how, in the time of Diocletian, he and two other Christian fellows destroyed a statue of Mithras.

This inscription found in the Mithraeum Aldobrandini informs us of certain restorations carried out in the temple during a second phase of development.

Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.

These bronze medallions associates the image of several Roman emperors with that of Mithras, usually as a rider, in the province Pontus.

There is no consensus on the authenticity of this monument erected by a certain Secundinus in Lugdunum, Gallia.

This small cippus to Zeus, Helios and Serapis includes Mithras as one of the main gods, although some authors argue that it could be the name of the donor.

This inscription by a certain Aphrodisius was found under the old city hall of Algiers.

The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

Preamble and notes published by G. R. S. Mead in his series Echoes from the Gnosis 1907, London and Benares. Translation of the manuscript by Dieterich Eine Mithrasliturgie 1903, Leipzig.

The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

This fragment of the base of a statue from Tarragona, Spain, bears an inscription which appears to be dedicated to the invincible Mithras.

There is no consensus as to whether the altar of the slave Adiectus from Carnuntum is dedicated to a Mithras genitor of light.

The Hekataion of Sidon shows a triple Hekate surrounded by three dancing nymphs.

The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.

This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.