The New Mithraeum Database

Mithras born from the rock with a snake raising in coils around it.

The head was part of a stucco relief of the Tauroctony found under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome

In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

Three European museums celebrate Mithras with a continental exhibition featuring more than 200 works of art from Roman times to the present day.

Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay.

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.

Founded on the site of ancient Byzantium and refounded in 330 CE, Constantinopolis became an imperial residence in the eastern Roman Empire. In the 4th century, it was a key setting for interaction between traditional cults and Christian authority.

The Mithraeum of Cyrene is preserved among the remarkable ruins of the ancient capital of the Roman province of Cyrene.

Gold coin.

White marble relief (H. and Br. about 1.20).

In the old Sentinum there certainly existed a Mithraeum.

MMM II 409f No.

Fragment of a white marble statue (H. 0.35 Br. 0.27).

Altar in Lucey.

Marius Victor, according to the inscription on the monument, erected this monument to Mithras ’when Philip and Titianus were consuls’.