The New Mithraeum Database

This small inscription from Termini Himeraeae in Sicily was dedicated to Sol Invictus as protector of the emperor Antoninus Augustus.

Marble altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras, found in Rome (in aedibus Maffaeiorum), set up in 183 A.D. by M. Ulpius Maximus, praepositus tabellariorum, together with its ornaments and Mithraic insignia, in fulfilment of a vow.

Marble altar dedicated at the Vatican Phrygianum in Rome by the Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius in 374 CE.

This finely carved marble tauroctony from Interamna features an unusual series of altars and ritual vases surrounding the scene.

'Hail to Kamerios the Pater' can be read on one of the walls of the mithraeum at Dura Europos.

This monument has been identified from ’Memorie di varie antichità trovate in diversi luoghi della città di Roma’, a book by Flaminio Vacca of 1594.

The lion-headed marble from Muti's gardens has a serpent entwined in four coils around his body.

These two parallel altars to the diophores were dedicated by the Pater and a Leo from the Mithraeum of S. Stefano Rotondo.

Marble relief, probably found in Rome during the construction of the Palazzo Primoli along the Via Zanardelli.

This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.

This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull slayer was found in the back room of the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.

This marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found at Porto d’Anzio in 1699 and now lost, is known from a engraving by del Torre.

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The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.

Fragments of a marble relief of Sol, which probably served as a fenster.

This marble relief bears an inscription by Marcus Modius Agatho, who dedicated several monuments to Mithras on the Caelian Hill in Rome.

This plaque from Carsulae, in Umbria, refers to the creation of a leonteum erected by the lions at their own expense.

The text mentions a certain Kamerios, described as immaculate miles.

Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.

This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.