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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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Thebaid

The scholiast Lactantius Placidus comments on Statius’ passage identifying the Sun as Titan, Osiris, and Mithras, interpreting the Persian cave figure with the bull.

 
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The Mirror of Mithras

Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.

 
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Inscription of Secundinus of Lyon

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

 
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Mitreo dels Munts

The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the largest known to date.

 
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Tauroctony from Dardagan

The relief of Mithras killing the bull, found near Zvornik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, features some variations on the usual scene.

 
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The MITHRA Project

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.

 
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Altar of Tihaljina

This altar, discovered in Grude, near Tihaljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bears an inscription by Pinnes, a soldier of the Cohors Prima Belgica.

 
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Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo

Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.

 
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Lion-headed figure of Mérida

The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.

 
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Hyenas or Lionesses? Mithraism and Women in the Religious World of the Late Antiquity

In this article, Chalupa examines the scant evidence that has been found for the presence of women in the Roman cult of Mithras.

 
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Mapping Roman sanctuaries

The Digital Atlas of Roman Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces (DAS) is the first comprehensive and open access representation of sacralised spaces in the area.

 
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Venus of Mérida small sculpture

The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.

 
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CIMRM 117

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CIMRM 1824

Marble statue from Intercisa representing a lion holding an indistinct animal beneath its forepaws. Found in a vineyard, the piece is now in the Hungarian National Museum.

 
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CIMRM 1231

Small votive altar in white limestone from Aquae Mattiacae, dedicated to Deo Invicto by a miles pius. The top preserves the head of Cautes with his raised torch.

 
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CIMRM 1743

Small limestone altar from Aquincum, Budapest, dedicated to Petra Genetrix.

 
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Altar with openwork of Inveresk

The altar of Sol from Inveresk, Scotland, was pierced, probably to illuminate part of the temple with a particular effect.

 
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Mithras with bow from Dieburg

Statue in yellow sandstone found in the pit of the Mithraeum of Dieburg, showing Mithras standing beside an altar with bow and arrow, accompanied by a vase and associated with the water miracle.

 
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CIMRM 1120

Triangular relief in yellow sandstone showing a crescent in relief.

 
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Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt

Reliefs of Cautes and Cautopates dedicated by Florius Florentius of Saalburg and Ancarinius Severus.

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