The New Mithraeum Database

The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

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Hector erected an altar to Mithras in Emerita Augusta 'by means of a divine vision', something unusual in Hispania.

This fragmented altar was found in two pieces that Ana Osorio Calvo has recently brought together.

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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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The exploration of an old pazo, a manor house, near the Roman wall, in Lugo, led to the discovery of a Roman domus, which existed continuously from the beginnings of the Christian Era until the Late Empire.

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One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

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Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.

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Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.

CIMRM 772

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These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

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Con motivo del descubrimiento de un mitreo en Mitra en Cabra, charlamos con uno de los referentes del mitraísmo, Jaime Alvar. Con él, repasamos los testimonios hasta hoy conocidos y las especificidades del culto mitraico en Hispania.

On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

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

CIMRM 776

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The Mithras of Cabra is the only full preserved Tauroctony sculpture found in Spain yet.

CIMRM 771

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This altar was dedicated to Cautes by a certain Lucius in Baetulo (Badalona), near Barcino (Barcelona).

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This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.

CIMRM 793

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This altar found in Benifaió, València, was erected by a slave called Lucanus.

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The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.

CIMRM 780, 781

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The monument of San Juan de la Isla (Asturias) devoted to Mithras was preserved in the portico of the main church until 1843.

CIMRM 803

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Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.

CIMRM 796

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The small Mithraic altar found at Cerro de San Albin, Merida, bears an inscription to the health of Caius Iulius.

CIMRM 795

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