The New Mithraeum Database

These fragments of a cult relief of Mithras were found at the Mithraeum II of Ptuj, Slovenia.

Nida was an ancient Roman town in the area today occupied by the northwestern suburbs of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, specifically Frankfurt-Heddernheim, on the edge of the Wetterau region.

The altar of Ptuj depicts Mithras and Sol on the front and the water miracle on the right side.

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.

This plaque was found in Mithraeum I at Stockstadt broken into pieces inserted between the blocks of the socle of the cult relief, in the manner of a votive deposit.

Les Bolards is a major Roman settlement and sanctuary complex near modern Nuits-Saint-Georges (Côte-d’Or, France), active from the early Imperial period, where several Mithraic monuments and inscriptions have been recovered.

Valencia is one of the oldest Roman cities in Spain, founded in 138 BC under the name 'Valentia Edetanorum' on the site of an older Iberian city.

The Mithraeum II in Stockstadt was in fact the first one known built in the vicus. It was destroyed by fire around 210.

Bronze fibula from Petronell-Carnuntum, depicting a standing lion-headed Aion.

Sandstone relief depicting the god Aion, standing with wings, a staff and a key, accompanied by a lion and a serpent-entwined vessel.

Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.

This bust of a lion-headed figure has been was part of a French private collection.

In these two key passages, Justin Martyr interprets Mithraic rituals and myths as demonic parodies of Christ’s incarnation, the Eucharist, and biblical revelation.

The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

White marble relief depicting Mithras as bull-slayer in a grotto from the Froehner collection, now in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris.

Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras’s birth restored as Venus anaduomene.

This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

There have probably been three mithraea discovered at Friedberg.

This Mithraic temple, also known as the Mithraeum of the Olympii, dates to the 3rd century and was rediscovered in 15th-century Rome, but it has not been preserved.