The New Mithraeum Database

The Danubian provinces represent one of the largest macro-units within the Roman Empire, with a large and rich heritage of Roman material evidence. Although the notion itself is a modern 18th-century creation, this region represents a unique area, where t…

In this monument, the imperial slave Ision claims the completion of a new temple to Mithras in Moesia.

TNMM639 – CIMRM 2235

An unusual feature of this very ancient relief is that Cautopates carries a cockerel upside down, while Cautes carries it right-side up.

TNMM510 – CIMRM 2268, 2269

Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.

TNMM640 – CIMRM 2260

In the altar that Titus Tettius Plotus dedicated to the invincible God, he called himself pater sacrorum.

TNMM634 – CIMRM 2252

Freedman and administrator of the country estate of a certain Flavius Macedo in Moesia.

In this article, Chalupa examines the scant evidence that has been found for the presence of women in the Roman cult of Mithras.

On ne saurait qu'applaudir à l'idée qu'a eue V. J. Walters de faire le point des découvertes mithriaques en Gaule romaine. Son projet reste dominé par le découpage administratif des « Roman provinces of Gaul ». Mais compte tenu de l'ensemble que ce…

The son of an eponymous person, he consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.

Coin of Istrus, Moesia Inferior, showing Caracalla on one side and a god on horseback (Mithras ?) on the other.

TNMM518

Legate of the Legion II Adiutrix, stationed in Aquincum.

The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.

TNMM409 – CIMRM 1269

This Mithraic altar of a certain Iulius Rasci or Racci was found in 1979 in a field in Borovo, Croatia, in the area of the Roman fort of Teutoburgium.

TNMM752

An imperial slave and customs officer in Illyria, he built a temple to Mithras in Moesia.

Veteran and ex duplicarius of ala I civum Romanorum who dedicated an altar to Mithras in Teutoburgium.

A powerful and wealthy man, founder of a mithraeum in the city of Aquincum of which he was the mayor.

The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the largest known to date.

TNMM31

The Mithraic vase from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germany includes Sol-Mithras between Cautes and Cautopates, as well as a serpent, a lion and seven stars.

TNMM378 – CIMRM 1020

This relief of Mithras killing the bull in a vaulted grotto lacks the usual scorpion pinching the bull's testicles.

TNMM662 – CIMRM 2257

Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.

TNMM189