The New Mithraeum Database

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

Agatho has dedicated several monuments to Mithras in the Coelian Hill.

Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.

Freedman, Pater, priest and antistes.

Pater Patrum of the Mithraeum of Piazza S. Silvestro in Capite

Founder of the Arasacid dynasty, Tiridates I was crowned king of Armenia by Nero in 66.

Roman emperor of humble origin who reunited the Empire and repelled the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts.

Roman emperor and philosopher known for his attempt to restore Hellenistic polytheism.

Fifth Roman emperor and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 until his death in 68.

He was a plebeian citizen who dedicated a monument to the Unconquerable Sun, Mithras.

Together with his father, Kastos dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.

Freedman of the two Marcus and 'magister of the first year'.

Pater patrum and Pater sacrorum among other titles.

Eques Romanus and Pater active in S. Stefano Rotondo.

Dedicated a sculpture of Mithras killing the bull in the 4th mithraeum of Aquincum together with Marcus.

Donor of the monumental Borghese relief.

Roman emperor at the age of 14, from 218 to his death in 222, Elagabalus was a main priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa.

First African emperor of Rome (193 – 211), born in Leptis Magna, now Al-Khums in Libya.

Equus and Prefect.

Roman emperor, son of the emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.