The New Mithraeum Database

The fort at Großkrotzenburg occupied a strategic position on the Main river frontier.

Fragmentary Latin inscription from Gross-Krotzenburg recording a dedication by Speratus of Cohors IIII Vindelicorum

Fragment of a sandstone statue found during cellar excavations at Gross-Krotzenburg in 1848, possibly belonging to the Mithraeum

Small finds from the Gross-Krotzenburg Mithraeum including a Phrygian-capped head, a pinecone fragment, coins of Trajan and Hadrian, and column fragments

Terracotta vase fragment from Gross-Krotzenburg bearing a graffito reading furit, found in association with the Mithraeum

Inscribed altar from Gross-Krotzenburg dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by Lucius Fabius Anthimus, probably a physician of Cohors IIII Vindelicorum

Red sandstone altar from Gross-Krotzenburg decorated with four pairs of leaves and a triangle, found to the right of the Macrinus altar

Inscribed altar from Gross-Krotzenburg dedicated to Deo Soli invicto Mithrae by Iulius Macrinus, immunis of Legio VIII Augusta

Red sandstone altar from the Mithraeum at Gross-Krotzenburg, with decorated cornice, found at 1.30 metres from the cult relief

Large two-fragment sandstone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Gross-Krotzenburg, one of the most significant Mithraic monuments in the region

Mithraic sanctuary discovered behind the west part of a Roman cemetery near the camp at Gross-Krotzenburg in 1881, finds destroyed in World War II