The New Mithraeum Database

Donor of the monumental Borghese relief.

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

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

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

Centurion who engraved a plaque to Sol for the health of the Emperor Antoninus Pius and his sons.

Syndexios in Ostia, his name Marsus suggests that he was a snake-charmer.

Equus and Prefect.

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

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.

One of the most eminent representatives of late antique pagan religiosity, combining high civic authority with deep initiation into multiple mystery traditions, including the cult of Mithras.

Centurio frumentarius probably from Tarraco, who served in the Legio VII Gemina located in Emerita Agusta.

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.

Eques Romanus and Pater active in S. Stefano Rotondo.

Together with two other brothers, he offered a relief of the tauroctony in Rome.

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

Senator and Pater Sacrorum of Mithras, who consecrated several monuments in Rome in the late 4th century.

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

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

Slave of the imperial family and dispensator who repaired an image of Mithras in Tibur, near Rome.