The New Mithraeum Database

Chersonesus occupied a northern Black Sea position where Greek, Roman and frontier cultures intersected at the edges of the Mithraic world.

Thracia connected the Balkan world to the northern Aegean through military movement, trade routes and provincial urban centres.

Moesia inferior occupied a major position along the lower Danube where Mithraic cults circulated through military and port environments.

Dalmatia connected the Adriatic world to the Balkan interior through maritime routes, military mobility and provincial urban networks.

Rhaetia occupied a strategic frontier position between the Alps, the upper Danube and northern Italy where Mithraic cults circulated through military networks.

The high mountain routes of Alpes Graiae formed part of the Alpine corridors connecting Italy, Gaul and the northwestern provinces.

Alpes Poenninae controlled important Alpine routes through which military movement and religious practices circulated between Gaul and Italy.

Belgica occupied a strategic position between Roman Gaul, the Rhine frontier and the northern provinces where Mithraic cults circulated widely.

In Aquitania, Mithraic evidence reflects the western expansion of the cult beyond the principal Rhine and Rhône corridors.

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The Mithra Tauroctonos from Syracuse, Sicily, is currently on display in the city's archaeological museum.

Mauretania preserves western North African evidence linked to urban and maritime networks of the Roman empire.

Mesopotamia preserves frontier evidence from the eastern limits of Roman Mithraic expansion.

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.

This fragmentary tauroctony relief from Timziouin near Saïda depicts Mithras slaying the bull within a cave-like frame, accompanied by the raven, serpent, scorpion, and Cautopates.

This marble tauroctony relief, probably originating from Naples, depicts Mithras slaying the bull within a cave-like setting, accompanied by the usual animals and celestial busts.

This small inscription from Termini Himeraeae in Sicily was dedicated to Sol Invictus as protector of the emperor Antoninus Augustus.

Roman Syria preserves a major eastern corpus of Mithraic evidence within one of the empire’s most interconnected regions.

Lycia and Pamphylia preserve Mithraic evidence linked to southern Anatolian maritime and urban networks.

Macedonia preserves Mithraic evidence shaped by major Balkan routes and long-standing urban traditions.