The New Mithraeum Database

The remains of this Mithraeum were discovered in 1930 in the Cetatea district of Alba Iulia, ancient Apulum.

This marble fragment from Roman Dacia preserves part of a tauroctony with Sol, the raven, and Mithras dragging the bull.

This statuette of Cautopates from Intercisa shows the torchbearer holding a burning torch and a pelta at his side.

This eulogy of Saint Eugene of Trapezos tells how, in the time of Diocletian, he and two other Christian fellows destroyed a statue of Mithras.

Fragment of an alabaster relief from Cologne with part of a tauroctony scene. Only the tip of Mithras’ Phrygian cap and small narrative details above are preserved.

Sepulchral limestone inscription from the vicinity of the Mithraeum at Colonia Agrippina (Germania Inferior), mentioning the Mithraic grade Corax.

Marble relief, probably found in Rome during the construction of the Palazzo Primoli along the Via Zanardelli.

This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.

This relief of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated by the bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina, Marcus Ulpius Linus.

This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull slayer was found in the back room of the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.

Mithras emerging from the rock with torch and dagger beside a reclining Oceanus or Saturn.

The Mithraic relief from Baris, in present-day Turkey, shows what appears to be a proto-version of the Tauroctony, with a winged Mithras surrounded by two Victories.

Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.

This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.

Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

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This relief of Mithras as a bullkiller, probably found in Rome, has been part of the Palazzo Mattei collection since at least the end of the 18th century.

Marcus Valerius Maximus records in this inscription his knowledge of astrology as well as the name of his wife.

Slab marble indicates that Lucius Sempronius has donated a throne to the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte.