The New Mithraeum Database

This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

The Tauroctony found in Velletri, Rome, bears an inscription from its owner and donor.

The votive image was donated by a certain Verus for a mithraeum which was probably located in the hinterland of the Limes.

Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.

Preamble and notes published by G. R. S. Mead in his series Echoes from the Gnosis 1907, London and Benares. Translation of the manuscript by Dieterich Eine Mithrasliturgie 1903, Leipzig.

Excerpted from Mushroom, Myth and Mithras, this passage elaborates on the Mithraic ritual and the degree of Nymphus.

In this relief found in the Sárkeszi Mithraeum, Cautes and Cautopates hold an Amazon shield.

Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.

This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.

Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.

Several figures related to the Mysteries of Mithras are depicted on the mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Animals.

The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.

This fragment of pottery depicting Mithras may have come from Gallia.

The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.

This primitive relief of Mithras as a bullkiller is signed by a certain Valerius Marcelianus.

There are no further details about this Mithraic statue from Transylvania, the historical region of central Romania.

This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.