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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

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Video

Peter Mark Adams, Mithras and the Renaissance

For the launch of our YouTube channel, we chat with the author, poet, essayist and friend Peter Mark Adams about the Sola-Busca Tarot, a Renaissance masterpiece, uncovering ties to the Mithras cult.

Monumentum

Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus

In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having undergone the taurobolium.

Monumentum

Column to Nabarze of Protas

This column found in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa bears an inscription to Nabarze instead of Mithras.

Monumentum

Gnostic amulet with Mithras monogram

This silver amulet depicts Abraxas on one side and the first verses of the Book of Genesis in Hebrew on the other.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from the Villa Borghese

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.

Notitia

The Golden Ass: Book XI

The concluding book of Apuleius’ Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses), where Lucius, the story’s protagonist, undergoes initiation into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris.

Monumentum

Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras

This syncretic amulet depicting Abraxas and the word MIΘPAZ was once displayed in the Cappello Museum of Venice.

Monumentum

Mithras petrogenitus from Villa Giustiniani

Mithras rock-born from Villa Giustiniani was holding a bunch of grapes in its raised right hand instead of a torch, probably due to a restoration.

Video

Presentation of Mystai by Peter Mark Adams

Presentation on the Dionysian-themed frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries by Peter Mark Adams on the occasion of the presentation of his book.

Locus

Tropaeum Traiani (Adamclisi)

Tropaeum Traiani became famous for the monumental complex commemorating Trajan’s victories in the lower Danube region.

Locus

Stein (Stein am Rhein)

Stein am Rhein occupied a strategic position near the western limits of the Danubian frontier system.

Locus

Moosham (Unternberg)

The Moosham area lies within the Alpine territory historically connected with Roman Noricum.

Monumentum

Stela of Mithras Invictus from Mandeure

Stela dedicated to Mithras Invictus, found in 1895–1896 at Epamantodurum (modern Mandeure), in the territory of the civitas Sequanorum (Gallia Belgica). The inscription records a vow to Mithras Invictus made for the welfare of Sextus Maenius Pudens.

Monumentum

Altar of Annius Saturninus from Tropaeum Traiani

Altar from Kokardscha near Adam Klissi, ancient Tropaeum Traiani in Moesia Inferior, dedicated to Deo invicto for the welfare of Emperor Marcus Antoninus Verus by Annius Saturninus, centurion of Legio XI Claudia.

Monumentum

Mithraeum at Campona

Mithraic sanctuary found in the district of Campona near Nagytétény, Pannonia Inferior, in 1934, yielding three inscribed altars, statue fragments, and other cult objects.

Monumentum

Rock-birth relief from Schwadorf

Limestone relief from Schwadorf, ancient Aequinoctium in Pannonia Superior, depicting the naked Mithras being born from the rock with a serpent encircling it, flanked by torchbearers; one of the finest examples of this iconographic type from the Danubian region…

Monumentum

Altar fragments from Moosham

Fragments of an altar and an inscription from the Mithraeum at Moosham, Noricum, preserving only the opening of a pro salute dedication; traces of fire are visible.

Monumentum

Torchbearer head from Stein am Rhein

Life-sized sandstone head with long curly hair and Phrygian cap, found at the foot of the Hohenklingen near Stein am Rhein, Raetia; probably belonging to a statue of Cautes or Cautopates.

Monumentum

Tree-decorated altar from Rottenburg am Neckar

Sandstone altar found together with the Vocco altar at Rottenburg am Neckar, ancient Solicinium, bearing a fragmentary dedication and decorated with trees on its lateral faces.

Monumentum

Finds from Capua Mithraeum criptoporticus

Finds discovered near the crossing of the criptoporticus of the Mithraeum at Capua, including marble plate fragments, a tuff base, red lamps, and animal bones.

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