The New Mithraeum Database

The first and the third of the following essays written by Julius Evola are dedicated to the mysteries of Mithras, while the second essay concerns itself with the Roman Emperor, Julian.

The Mithraeum under and behind S. Prisca on the Aventine is without doubt the most important sanctuary of the Persian god in Rome.

The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.

TNMM23 – CIMRM 180

The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.

TNMM96

Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.

TNMM335

A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.

TNMM760

The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.

TNMM758 – CIMRM 477

Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.

TNMM757

The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.

TNMM185 – CIMRM 1487

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

TNMM717 – CIMRM 479

The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.

TNMM716 – CIMRM 478

The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

TNMM5 – CIMRM 216

The second temple devoted to Mithras in Carnuntum is situated besides a Jupiter's temple.

TNMM190 – CIMRM 1681

The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.

TNMM12 – CIMRM 476

The altar depicting a lion-headed figure from Bordeaux includes a sculpted ewer and a patera on the sides.

TNMM138

The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.

TNMM70 – CIMRM 1291

The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.

TNMM40 – CIMRM 226

The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.

TNMM13 – CIMRM 338

Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.

TNMM60 – CIMRM 1578

The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.

TNMM2 – CIMRM 264