The New Mithraeum Database

The Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl was found in ancient Pannonia Superior, currently Austria.

TNMM278 – CIMRM 1658

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…

Several iron fragments found in the second mithraeum of Güglingen may have been used during mithraic ceremonies.

TNMM377

On ne saurait qu'applaudir à l'idée qu'a eue V. J. Walters de faire le point des découvertes mithriaques en Gaule romaine. Son projet reste dominé par le découpage administratif des « Roman provinces of Gaul ». Mais compte tenu de l'ensemble que ce…

A naked Sol leans over his fellow Mithras while raising his drinking-horn during the sacred feast.

TNMM291

The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.

TNMM409 – CIMRM 1269

This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.

TNMM303

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…

The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the biggest known, together with the Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla.

TNMM31

Corax Materninius Faustinus dedicated other monuments found in the same Mithraeum in Gimmeldingen.

TNMM444 – CIMRM 1319