The New Mithraeum Database

From the late first century CE, Mithras spread across the Roman Empire, leaving more than 130 sanctuaries and nearly 1,000 inscriptions. This volume offers a rigorous synthesis that renews our understanding of this enigmatic cult.

This catalogue proposes, thanks to the contributions of some 75 international experts, a new synthesis for a complex and fascinating cult that reflects the remarkable advances in our knowledge in recent decades.

Ce livre présente les religions de la Méditerranée ancienne – grecque, romaine, phénicienne et punique, hébraïque et juive, mésopotamienne, égyptienne – en mouvement. Au fur et à mesure de ces histoires de dieux en voyage…

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

Intervention de Richard Veymiers, directeur du Musée royal de Mariemont et Laurent Bricault, de l'Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès.

The exhibition The Mystery of Mithras opens at the Mariemont Museum in Belgium, home of Franz Cumont, the father of studies on the solar god.