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The New Mithraeum Database

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Sentinas Ianuarius

Pater leonum and public freedman of Sentinum.

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Absalmos

Of Semitic origin, Absalmos has dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras in ancient Syria.

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Libella

Probably an slave that dedicated an altar to Arimanius in Aquincum.

 
Monumentum

Mithréum de Vienne

Emperor Julian may have been initiated into the cult of the god Mithras at the Mithraeum of Vienne, France, according to Turcan.

 
Monumentum

Altar to Arimanius of the Esquilino

This altar mentioning the god Arimanius was found in 1655 at Porta San Giovanni, on the Esquilino.

 
Monumentum

Mithraic vessel of Mainz

The Mithraic vase from Ballplatz in Mainz depicts seven figures arranged in two narrative sequences, commonly interpreted in relation to initiation rites.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony on display in Boston

This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.

 
Monumentum

Mitreo della Crypta Balbi

The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.

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Publius Acilius Pisonianus

Pater patratus, he financed the restoration of a Mithraeum in Milan.

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Ancarinius Severus

Together with his uncle, he was a syndexios of the Mithraeum in Stockstadt.

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Blastia

Blastia dedicated an altar to Mithras and Silvanus in Emona.

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Florius Florentius

Together with his nephew, he was a syndexios of the Mithraeum in Stockstadt.

Syndexios

Publius Aelius Valerianus

Soldier of Legio XIII Gemina and strator consularis who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mithras.

 
Textum

Tertullian on Mithras

In polemical passages from the late second and early third centuries, Tertullian portrays the cult of Mithras as a demonic imitation of Christian rites and provides rare early references to Mithraic initiation and ritual symbolism.

 
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Trapezus

Trabzon is a historic city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey, founded in 756 BC as Trapezous by Greek colonists from Miletus. It passed from Achaemenid control to the Kingdom of Pontus, then became part of the Roman and Byzantine empires.

 
Monumentum

Lion of Les Bolards

The lion sculpture found near the entrance of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards is unique in its genre.

 
Monumentum

Mithréum des Bolards

The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.

 
Liber

The “Mithras Liturgy”. Text, Translation, and Commentary

A critical edition of the Mithras Liturgy (PGM IV.475–834), providing the Greek text, English translation, commentary, and an updated discussion of its interpretation since Albrecht Dieterich’s 1903 edition.

 
Liber

Legion of Lust

A erotic military fantasy set against the dramatic background of Rome’s conquest of the British Isles.

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