The New Mithraeum Database

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.

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Thrasyllus was an Egyptian of Greek descent grammarian, astrologer and a friend of the Roman emperor Tiberius.

The inititation of Lucius into the mysteries of Isis.

Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

TNMM763

This marble tablet found at Portus Ostiae mentions a pater, a lion donor and a series of male names, probably from a Mithraic community.

TNMM648 – CIMRM 325

Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.

Pater patrorum of equestrian rank, he was a prominent figure in the Mithraic sphere in Rome.

Dedicated multiple monuments to Mithras, Fortuna Primigenia and Diana in Etruria.

Danube region can be traced back to the legions that fought under his command in Armenia.

This volume collects the first results of the extensive and articulated research project dedicated to the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.

En suivant les traces de Mithra, le Musée royal de Mariemont vous plonge dans l’un des cultes les plus mystérieux et fascinants de l’Antiquité romaine. Dans un monde rempli d’une multitude de divinités, ce dieu venu d’Orient rencontra un succÃ…

Certains mythes de l'Antiquité sont probablement basés sur des récits de « mort imminente » exactement les mêmes que les nôtres. Ainsi, s'expliqueraient le Paradis, l'Enfer, l'âme, le Dieu unique, nos divers «états d'âme»...

In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult…

Ce livre, qui intègre les recherches et les découvertes les plus récentes, expose, avec clarté et rigueur, le dossier complexe et fascinant des Mithriaca.

Depuis la première moitié du XIXe siècle et encore tout récemment, on a retrouvé dans des tombes de Grande Grèce, de Crète ou de Thessalie, des lamelles d'or, très fines, datables du IVe au IIe siècle av. J.-C., qui contiennent des instructions d…

Première œuvre commune de Sylvia Lipa et Jacques Lacarrière, ce recueil propose une rencontre et une redécouverte des textes essentiels de l'Antiquité, choisis avant tout pour leur résonance avec notre époque. A travers eux, en Egypte, en Iran, en …

Mithraism was a widespread religion under the Roman Empire. Many scholars insist the influential cult of Roman Mithraism, however shrouded its origins, was essentially a western innovation. This work approaches the question from the other side, looking fo…

Known as Mitra to the Indians, Mithra and Zarathustra (Zoroaster in Greek) to the Iranians, and Mithras to the Romans, this is the oldest of all living deities. Mithras was recognized as the greatest rival of Christianity, a greater threat even than the"F…