The New Mithraeum Database

Franz Cumont drew our attention to a statue, found along the Via Cassia (Clodia) about six kilometers from Rome.

TNMM1149 – CIMRM 644

According to a communication, made by Franz Cumont, the Museum of the Therms at Rome should have received in 1896 two new Mithrasmonuments, which should come from Narni.

TNMM1164 – CIMRM 671

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.

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

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

TNMM248

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

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.

Dans la longue liste des empereurs romains, Julien l'Apostat, régnant seul de 361 à 363, tient une place à part. Il doit son surnom à sa tentative de restaurer la religion païenne dans l''empire romain, à l'époque où le christianisme s'impose à t…

This magnificently illustrated publication renews the Mithraic dossier on the basis of concrete data, with caution and penetration. Marino's discovery is disconcerting and rekindles the controversy about the order in which bands should be read.

Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae (or CIMRM) is a two volume collection of inscriptions and monuments relating primarily to the Mithraic Mysteries.

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.