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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

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Giant from Santa Prisca

Partial relief of a Giant with snake-feet found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca.

 
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Tauroctony from Rome

White marble statue of Mithras killing the sacred bull preserved in the Museo Nacional Romano.

 
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Torso dedicated to Mithras

Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glycol.

 
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Mithras-Men from Rome

Relief possibly depicting Mithras-Men holding a torch and a a bust of Luna on a crescent.

 
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CIMRM 483

Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

 
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Tauroctony from Viale Latino

Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

 
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Tauroctony from Salita delle Tre Pile

White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

 
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Terra sigillata bowl depicting the Mithraic cult meal from Trier

This terra sigillata was found in 1926 in a grave on the Roman cemetery of St. Matthias, Trier. An eyelet indicates that it could have been hung on a wall.

 
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CIMRM 464

On the Aventine, between the Eastern side of S. Saba’s and the Via Salvator, there is a Roman building, which probably was used as a Mithraeum in the end of the 4th century.

 
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Mithras in Dacia with Csaba Szabó

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

 
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CIMRM 48

Around the niche of the Dura Europos Mithraeum fragments of a series of small paintings set in a semicircular band of panels were found.

 
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CIMRM 42

Around the relief with Mithras as a bullkiller, a number of scenes from the Mithras Iegend have been painted in the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

 
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Mithras in Dacia with Csaba Szabó

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

 
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Two-sided relief from Konjic

The mithraic relief of Konjic shows a Tauroctony in one side and a ritual meal in the other.

 
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The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia

The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.

 
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Tauroctony from Gérman

This very fine relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 2014 in Germán, near Sofia, Bulgaria, and is now housed in the Sofia History Museum.

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Thomas Parker

A crow-grade researcher of this peculiar cult

 
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The Mysteries of Mithras

The Mysteries of Mithras is an independent Initiatic Order which is inspired by and uses the allegory of the lost and ancient Mithraic Mysteries also known as Mithraism a previously influential Roman Cult of the same name.

 
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Sabazios with Mithras from Bolsena

This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, with Mithras depicted in his characteristic pose of slaying the bull, positioned just below Sabazios’ chest.

 
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Mitreo di Capodimonte

The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.

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