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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mitreo di Fructosus

The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.

 
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Mitreo Aldobrandini

The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.

 
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Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere

White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.

 
Notitia

Mapping Roman sanctuaries

The Digital Atlas of Roman Sanctuaries in the Danubian Provinces (DAS) is the first comprehensive and open access representation of sacralised spaces in the area.

 
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Archaeological Evidence of the Cult of Mithras in Ancient Italy

PhD Thesis by Vittoria Canciani, coordinated by A. Mastrocinque. Verona, 14th April 2022.

 
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Mitreo del Circo Massimo

The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.

 
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Mithräum von Königsbrunn

The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.

 
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Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.

 
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Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj

This altar from Ptuj, present-day Poetovio, is decorated with various Mithraic animals such as a tortoise, a cock and a crow and other objects.

 
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Mithraeum II of Ptuj

Mithraeum II was found at Ptuj at a distance of 20 m south of the Mithraeum I in 1901.

 
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Mitreo Barberini

The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.

 
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Tauroctony of Fellbach

This relief of Mithras killing the bull, now on display in Stuttgart, includes a small altar with a sacrificial knife and an oil lamp.

 
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Mithräum von Künzing

The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.

 
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Mithréum de La Bâtie-Montsaléon

During the excavations of 1804-1805, a series of monuments dedicated to Mithras and a temple were discovered at ancient Mons Seleucus.

 
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Coin of the Kushan Emperor Kanishka I

This gold coin depicts Kanishka I on one side and Mithras standing on the other side.

 
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Coin of Valerian and Sol

This coin was deposited in the upper level of the throne in the cult niche of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

 
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Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol

The Mithréum de Bourg-Saint-Andéol was built against a rock where the main Tauroctony was chiseled.

 
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Bronze medallion from Gordian III with tauroctony

The bronze medallion, from Cilicia, shows Mithras Tauroctonus on the revers.

 
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Intaglio with Mithras and Kabiros

This intaglio with Mithras killing the bull on one side and Kabiros on the other was probably used as a magical amulet.

 
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Intaglio of chalcedony at the BnF

This intaglio depicting Mithras killing the bull is preserved at the Bibliothèque national de France.

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