The New Mithraeum Database

White marble statue of Mithras killing the sacred bull preserved in the Museo Nacional Romano.

TNMM1070 – CIMRM 531

Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glycol.

TNMM952 – CIMRM 319, 320

This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.

TNMM1234 – CIMRM 765

Lion-head god with traces of red paint found in Rome.

TNMM1081 – CIMRM 550

Relief possibly depicting Mithras-Men holding a torch and a a bust of Luna on a crescent.

TNMM1077 – CIMRM 541

Fragment of a white statue depicting a naked god entwined by a serpent with its head on his chest, found in the River Tiber.

TNMM1054 – CIMRM 503

Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

TNMM1035 – CIMRM 483

Marble relief, probably found in Rome during the construction of the Palazzo Primoli along the Via Zanardelli.

TNMM997 – CIMRM 419

Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

TNMM969 – CIMRM 374

White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

TNMM995 – CIMRM 417

White marble statue of Cautopates found in Rome.

TNMM962 – CIMRM 358

On the Aventine, between the Eastern side of S. Saba’s and the Via Salvator, there is a Roman building, which probably was used as a Mithraeum in the end of the 4th century.

TNMM1027 – CIMRM 464

Venosa is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area.

This fresco, found in the Santa Capua Vetere Mithraeum, depicts what seems to be an initiate falling forward because someone is pressing down on his shoulders.

TNMM899 – CIMRM 195

The existence of a mithraeum in the "tana del lupo", a natural cave in the castle of Angera, has been assumed since the 19th century, following the discovery of two mithraic inscriptions in the town.

TNMM82 – CIMRM 716

The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.

TNMM602

The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras’s myth.

TNMM167 – CIMRM 390

This marble slab bears an inception be the Pater Proficentius to whom Mithras has suggested to build and devote a temple.

TNMM437 – CIMRM 423

This fragment of a sculpture depicting the birth of Mithras from a rock, intertwined with a chaotic mass of serpent coils, was discovered in Aquileia, Italy.

TNMM804

This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, with Mithras depicted in his characteristic pose of slaying the bull, positioned just below Sabazios’ chest.

TNMM802 – CIMRM 659