The New Mithraeum Database

Roman emperor, son of the emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.

Ensign-bearer of legion VI Hispana active in Aquileia.

Hermadio's inscriptions have been found in Dacian Tibiscum and Sarmizegetusa, as well as in Rome.

Offered a throne to Sol god in Ostia.

Donated an altar to the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere while Marcus Aemilius Epaphroditus was Pater.

A freedman of Septimius Severus, he was Pater and priest of the invincible Mithras, as mentioned in a marble inscription found in Rome.

Garlic merchant, probably from Lusitania, who dedicated an altar to Cautes in Tarraconensis.

His name was added to the main tauroctony sculpture of the Mitreo Fagan.

Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’

Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.