The New Mithraeum Database

Lissa-Caronna details the excavation and findings of a mithraeum beneath San Stefano Rotondo, focusing on its decor, sculptures, and rituals.

Un descendant de Bédouins fixés à Emèse, en Syrie, passe pour le fils adultérin d'un empereur assassiné. Il sert passionnément le culte d'un aérolithe qui passe pour figurer le soleil : Elagabal. Il continuerait volontiers à danser devant l'idole…

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

TNMM248

White marble statue of Cautopates found in Rome.

TNMM962 – CIMRM 358

This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.

TNMM146 – CIMRM 368

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

TNMM307 – CIMRM 208, 209

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

TNMM579 – CIMRM 2153

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.

TNMM721 – CIMRM 534

This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.

TNMM645 – CIMRM 357

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

TNMM578 – CIMRM 2146

The relief marble of Mithras sacrifying the bull, exposed on the Hermitage Museum comes from Rome.

TNMM308 – CIMRM 603, 604

This small altar found in Rome depicts the god Sol with five rays around his head.

TNMM329 – CIMRM 432, 433

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.

The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.

TNMM75

This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.

TNMM539 – CIMRM 607

In the tauroctonic relief on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Mithras slaughters the bull over a rocky background.

TNMM336

Proceedings of the International Seminar on the 'Religio-Historical Character of Roman Mithraism, with Particular Reference to Roman and Ostian Sources'. Rome and Ostia 28-31 March 1978

On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

With this analysis of Sol images, Steven E. Hijmans paints a new picture of the solar cult in ancient Rome. The paucity of literary evidence led Hijmans to prioritize visual sources, and he opens this study with a thorough discussion of the theoretical an…

Robert Turcan présente les dévotions immigrées dans le monde romain, sans négliger les cultes marginaux ou sporadiques, traitant également des courants gnostiques, occultistes et théosophiques.