The New Mithraeum Database

Archaeological evidence shows that the area around Rome has been inhabited since around 14,000 years ago. Excavations support the theory that Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill, which was built over the area of the Roman Forum.

Le culte de Mithra : Une religion iranienne qui se répand à Rome et dans son empire.

Mithra et ses actualités - Journée d'études.

The Mithriac votive sculpture comes from a clandestine excavation in the Tarquinia area. The criminal chain is active in archaeological areas of Rome and southern Etruria.

This temple of Mithras has been discovered under the Church in Vieux-en-Val-Romey, in 1869.

TNMM295 – CIMRM 909, 910

The relief of Palazzo Colonna, Rome, depicts a lion-headed figure holding a burning torch in his outstretched hands.

TNMM317 – CIMRM 383

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

TNMM1077 – CIMRM 541

This statue of Mithras as a bullkiller was bought at Rome where it might be found.

TNMM674 – CIMRM 596

The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.

TNMM17

Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart’s first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues…

Ce livre propose d'étudier les principales sectes païennes (hors christianisme) de l'Antiquité gréco-romaine. La secte se définit comme un groupe religieux qui éclôt et se développe en marge de la religion ou des religions dominantes, voire contre…

Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna, essai sur deux représentations indo-européennes de la souveraineté (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études, Sciences religieuses, LVIe vol.). Paris, Leroux, 1940 ; 1 vol. in-8°, xn + 150 pages. Dans ce nouvea…

This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.

TNMM580

This tabula marmorea was consecrated by a certain slave Vitorinus in Tibur, nowadays Tivoli, near Rome.

TNMM569 – CIMRM 214

Lion-head god with traces of red paint found in Rome.

TNMM1081 – CIMRM 550

This inscription was dedicated to God Cautes by a certain Flavius Antistianus, Pater Patrorum in Rome.

TNMM713 – CIMRM 336

The Mithraeum under and behind S. Prisca on the Aventine is without doubt the most important sanctuary of the Persian god in Rome.

This Mithraic temple, also known as the Mithraeum of the Olympii, dates to the 3rd century and was rediscovered in 15th-century Rome, but it has not been preserved.

TNMM446 – CIMRM 399

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

TNMM682 – CIMRM 508, 509

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

TNMM620 – CIMRM 513, 514