The New Mithraeum Database

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Robert Turcan highlights various examples of the philosophical interpretation, mainly Platonic, of the figure and cult of Mithras.

Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.

TNMM372 – CIMRM 44

Roman emperor and philosopher known for his attempt to restore Hellenistic polytheism.

In 1938 this Mithraeum was found 3.45 mtrs under the Basilica of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, in a cellar near the Sacrament's Chapel.

TNMM438 – CIMRM 421

This unusual piece depicts Mithras slaying the bull on one side and the Gnostic god Abraxas on the other.

TNMM544 – CIMRM 2364

Some authors have speculated that the flying figure dressed in oriental style and holding a globe could be Mithras.

TNMM577

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On one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.

TNMM764