The New Mithraeum Database

Donor of the monumental Borghese relief.

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.

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

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

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

Firmidius Severinus was a soldier who served in the Legio VIII Augusta for 26 years.

Vir clarissimus and governor of Numidia, who dedicated a temple to Mithras with its images and ornaments in Cirta.

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

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

Freedman, Pater, priest and antistes.

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

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.

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

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

Equus and Prefect.

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

He was a soldier of the Cohors I Belgarum, probably of Dalmatian origin, who dedicated an altar to Mithras in Aufustianis.

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

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