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.

TNMM76

This slab dedicated to the invincible god, Serapis and Isis by Claudius Zenobius was found in 1967 in the walls of the city of Astorga, Spain.

TNMM734

This fragment of the base of a statue from Tarragona, Spain, bears an inscription which appears to be dedicated to the invincible Mithras.

TNMM743 – CIMRM 806

Recent interpretations link this marble inscription to the cult of the goddess Nemesis.

TNMM733 – CIMRM 768

This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.

TNMM732 – CIMRM 767

The remains of the mithraic triptic of Tróia, Lusitania, were part of a bigger composition.

TNMM245 – CIMRM 798

Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.

TNMM289

This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.

TNMM470 – CIMRM 783

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.

TNMM585

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

TNMM196 – CIMRM 803

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.

TNMM27

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

TNMM72

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

TNMM241 – CIMRM 776

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

TNMM541

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

TNMM528

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

TNMM394 – CIMRM 780, 781

Small arula with mithraic inscription and dedication to Cautes from a garlic merchant.

TNMM471

This altar, which has now disappeared, was dedicated by the slave Quintio for the health of a certain Coutius Lupus.

TNMM520 – CIMRM 794

The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.

TNMM30

This monument to the invincible god Mithras was inscribed on the façade of the church of Aiello deil Friuli, Aquileia.

TNMM504 – CIMRM 745