The New Mithraeum Database

Lissa-Caronna details the excavation and findings of a mithraeum beneath San Stefano Rotondo, focusing on its decor, sculptures, and rituals.

Guides, maps and additional information on the Basilica, the Mithraeum and the archaeological area of San Clemente.

Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, and cult life.

Le groupe caractéristique « lion, serpent, cratère » marque le rapport avec le culte mithriaque, car comme nous croyons l’avoir montré, ce groupe ne symbolise pas la lutte des éléments, terre, eau et feu, mais la participation des animaux-attributs au sacrifice, par Mithra…

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.

David Ulansey argues that Mithraic iconography was actually an astronomical code, and that the cult began as a religious response to a startling scientific discovery.

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