The New Mithraeum Database

Thracia reflects the circulation of Mithraic cults through the military, urban and maritime networks linking the Balkans, the Danube and the northern Aegean world.

The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was transported from Rome to London by Charles Standish in 1815.

This lost Mithraic relief, formerly kept near the church of the Santissima Annunziata in Naples, was probably a large tauroctony associated with the area of Puteoli or Pausilypon.

Lycia and Pamphylia preserve Mithraic evidence linked to southern Anatolian maritime and urban networks.

Noricum preserves Mithraic evidence shaped by Alpine routes, military circulation and Danubian connections.

Dalmatia preserves Mithraic evidence shaped by Adriatic routes, military movement and provincial urban centres.

Egyptologist with interest in the religion of Roman Egypt.

Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome.

North African author, Platonic philosopher and rhetorician associated with the Mithraic milieu of Ostia.

Marble altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras, found in Rome (in aedibus Maffaeiorum), set up in 183 A.D. by M. Ulpius Maximus, praepositus tabellariorum, together with its ornaments and Mithraic insignia, in fulfilment of a vow.

One of the clearest examples of the late Roman aristocracy’s involvement in the mysteries of Mithras and other initiatory cults during the fourth century.

Marble altar dedicated at the Vatican Phrygianum in Rome by the Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius in 374 CE.

This large limestone fragment from Roman Salona preserves the hind part of the bull together with Mithras’ foot and traces of his red tunic.

This weathered marble fragment from Viminacium preserves part of a tauroctony with Luna, Cautopates, the serpent, and the dog.

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

This fragmentary tauroctony from Roman Gaul preserves a striking raven behind Mithras’ cloak and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

This sandstone altar found in Cologne bears an inscription to the goddess Semele and her sisters.

This marble head of Mithras was found in the Luxemburgerstrasze in Cologne, Germany.

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

Gnostic amulet found in the ancient Agora of Athens, depicting Abraxas on one side and a Mithraic inscription on the other.