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The New Mithraeum Database

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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.

 
Monumentum

Mercury of Mérida

The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.

 
Monumentum

Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis

The altar includes a slab with an inscription for the salvation of two emperors.

 
Video

Los Misterios de Mitra y su iconografía. Dra. Claudina Romero Mayorga

Seminario de Investigación Cultos orientales e Iconografía Máster en Arqueología del Mediterráneo en la Antigüedad Clásica.

 
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Oceaunus of Mérida

The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.

 
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Venus of Mérida small sculpture

The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.

 
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Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima

This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

 
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Mithraeum of Housesteads

The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.

 
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Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia

The discovery of the Mithraeum of Tarquinia is due to the Department for Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Carabinieri, who noticed some clandestine excavations near the Ara della Regina.

 
Video

Mitreo di Marino

Interview to one of the workers who participated in the discovery of the temple of Mithras of Marino, Rome.

 
Notitia

Reconstructed Roman Temple of Mithras opens to public in London

Visitors to new museum will uncover mystery cult of Mithras the bull slayer in multi-sensory experience.

 
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Lanuvium

Lanuvium (modern Lanuvio) was an ancient city of Latium Vetus, about 32 km southeast of Rome. A member of the Latin League, it was conquered by Rome in 338 BC and remained an active municipium into the Imperial period.

 
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Tauroctony of York

This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.

 
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CIMRM 16

During excavations at Boghaz-Koi in 1907 clay tablets were found on which a treaty concluded between Chatti and Mitanni in the 14th century B.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 64

, Scratched on a piece of wall plaster.

 
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CIMRM 173

Greyish marble relief (H. 0.84 Br. 0.99 D. 0.07), probably from Naples.

 
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CIMRM 206

Inscription from Antium, found at San Donato in 1884.

 
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CIMRM 372

Marble relief (H. 0.43 Br. 0.85 D. 0.065), of which the left lower corner is missing.

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