The New Mithraeum Database

Marble head in the Museo Baracco, Rome, generally described as an Alexander but very probably representing Mithras with his eyes lifted towards heaven; the back of the head is finished obliquely with a small hole for fastening a Phrygian cap.

Fragment of a relief from the Villa Wolkonsky showing the usual representation of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog, serpent and scorpion; the bull's head, Mithras' head and right foot are lost.

Marble relief formerly in the Palazzo Alberoni and then the Palazzo Vaccari on Via del Tritone, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven on the god's cloak, the serpent, dog and scorpion, and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners.

This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.

Large limestone jar from room Z of the S. Prisca Mithraeum, fitted with a small cylindrical vase and a lid bearing the graffito "Te cauterio i Saturne i Ata[r i] Opi".

Mithraic object or evidence from Rome reported as no longer preserved.

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.

The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.

Roman building on the Aventine between the eastern side of S. Saba and Via Salvator, probably used as a Mithraeum at the end of the 4th century, with a long corridor bearing three semicircular niches and a large external basin.

This small cippus to Zeus, Helios and Serapis includes Mithras as one of the main gods, although some authors argue that it could be the name of the donor.

Epigraphic testimony catalogued in the Année Épigraphique and Lugli’s Fontes for ancient Rome.

Marble inscription found near the Church of S. Susanna on the Quirinal, with a dedication to Sol Invictus as a votive offering by Cornelius Maximus, centurion of the tenth praetorian cohort.

Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

This altar mentioning the god Arimanius was found in 1655 at Porta San Giovanni, on the Esquilino.

This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.

This relief of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome bears the inscription of three brothers, two of them lions.

Lower part of a candelabrum-shaft in the form of a palm trunk on an acanthus base, with a dedication to Mithras by T. Aelius Iustus on three faces of the plinth, found between the churches of SS. Eusebius and Vitus, Rome.

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.

This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.