The New Mithraeum Database

Supervisor of the imperial couriers who offered an elaborate votive altar and ritual insignia to Mithras in Rome under Commodus.

Hector erected an altar to Mithras in Emerita Augusta by means of a ‘divine vision’.

This limestone tauroctony from Aquincum preserves Mithras slaying the bull together with Cautopates, the serpent, the scorpion, and the legs of the raven.

This large limestone fragment from Roman Salona preserves the hind part of the bull together with Mithras’ foot and traces of his red tunic.

This weathered limestone statue from the Mithraeum of Apulum depicts a standing figure in Oriental attire holding the head of a bull or ram.

This small marble fragment preserves the crossed legs of a torchbearer, probably Cautopates, beside the hoof of the bull and the foot of Mithras.

This fragmentary tauroctony from Roman Gaul preserves a striking raven behind Mithras’ cloak and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

This inscription shows that Publilius Ceionius, most distinguished man, dedicated a temple to Mithras at Mila, in the modern Constantina, Algeria.

These two parallel altars to the diophores were dedicated by the Pater and a Leo from the Mithraeum of S. Stefano Rotondo.

Fragment of an alabaster relief from Cologne with part of a tauroctony scene. Only the tip of Mithras’ Phrygian cap and small narrative details above are preserved.

Sepulchral limestone inscription from the vicinity of the Mithraeum at Colonia Agrippina (Germania Inferior), mentioning the Mithraic grade Corax.

Large intaglio engraved with Mithras as bull slayer surrounded by a peculiar version of Cautes and Cautopates and other celestial deities.

The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.

The Tauroctony from Landenburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.

This relief of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated by the bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina, Marcus Ulpius Linus.

This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer was once owned by Major Holzhausen and Franz Cumont and is now housed at the Belgian Academy.

This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull slayer was found in the back room of the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.

This marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found at Porto d’Anzio in 1699 and now lost, is known from a engraving by del Torre.

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull, framed by acanthus leaves, was sold at auction in 2011 by Bonhams.