Quaere
The New Mithraeum Database
Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras
Your search gave 37 results.
-
Liber
Roman Religion in the Danubian Provinces. Space Sacralisation and Religious Communication during the Principate (1st–3rd century AD) (2022)
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… -
Monumentum
Triptic of Tróia
The remains of the mithraic triptic of Tróia, Lusitania, were part of a bigger composition.TNMM245 – CIMRM 798
-
Monumentum
Autel of Straton from Kreta
Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.TNMM640 – CIMRM 2260
Στράτω/ν Στράρω/νος άνέθη(κεν) / τὸ(ν) βωμὸν / Ἡλίῳ Μίθρᾳ -
Monumentum
Inscription of Ision from Guberevac
In this monument, the imperial slave Ision claims the completion of a new temple to Mithras in Moesia.TNMM639 – CIMRM 2235
Invicto deo / Ision Caes(aris) n(ostri) ser(vus) / vil(icus) vectigal(is) Il/lyr(ici) templ(um) omn(i) / re instruct(um) a / solo p(ecunia) s(ua) f(aciendum) c(uravit) -
Monumentum
Altar of Tettius Plotus from Oescus
In the altar that Titus Tettius Plotus dedicated to the invincible God, he called himself pater sacrorum.TNMM634 – CIMRM 2252
T(itus) Tettiu[s] / Plotu{u}[s] / vet(eranus) leg(ionis) II[II] / F(laviae) F(elix) p(ater) s(acrorum) d[ei] / Invicti [s(olvit)] / l(ibens) m(erito). -
Monumentum
Incriptions to the gods of East and West
These two inscriptions by a certain Titus Martialius Candidus are dedicated to Cautes and Cautopates.TNMM496 – CIMRM 1214
D(eo) Or(ienti) / T(itus) Mar/tial(i)us / Candi/dus v(otum) s(olvit) / l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito). D(eo) Oc(cidenti) / [T(itus)] Mar/[ti]al(i)us / Candi/dus v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(eri… 
SyndexiosFlavios Horimos
Freedman and administrator of the country estate of a certain Flavius Macedo in Moesia.-
Liber
On Mithraism and Freemasonry (1996)
The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey). Travelers and colonists from theseS… -
Monumentum
Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl
The Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl was found in ancient Pannonia Superior, currently Austria.TNMM278 – CIMRM 1658
D(eo) In(victo) M(ithrae) S(oli) pro s(alute) Aug(ustorum) nn(ostrorum) L(ucii) Sep(timii) / Valerius et Valerianus sex(viri) col(oniae) K(arnunti) / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito) -
Monumentum
Feast scene with Mithras and Sol from Ladenburg
A naked Sol leans over his fellow Mithras while raising his drinking-horn during the sacred feast.TNMM291
-
Monumentum
Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.TNMM409 – CIMRM 1269
-
Monumentum
Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj
This inscription belongs to the 4th mithraeum found in the modern town of Ptuj.TNMM644 – CIMRM 1614
Templum / dei{i} Sol(is) Inv(icti) Mit(hrae) / Aure[l(ius)] Iusti/nianus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) / dux labefa/ctatum re/stituit. -
Monumentum
Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.TNMM619
S[oli] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et sodalicio eius / actores de foro suario / quorum nomina / [[sequuntur]]… 
SyndexiosStraton
The son of an eponymous person, he consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.
SyndexiosIsion
An imperial slave and customs officer in Illyria, he built a temple to Mithras in Moesia.-
Notitia
Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of MithrasBetween 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. 
SyndexiosIustus
Solder of the Legio II Augusta who dedicated a monument to Mithras Invictus in Isca.
SyndexiosClaudius Zenobius
Procurator of Tarraconensis, he dedicated a monument to the Invincible God, Isis and Serapis in Asturica Augusta.
SyndexiosPublius Aelius Nigrinus
Priest of Mithras who dedicated an altar to Petra Genetrix in Carnuntum.
SyndexiosAurelius Iustinianus
Dux of Pannonia Prima et Noricum Ripense, he built a mithraeum in Poetovio.