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The New Mithraeum Database

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Sol and Luna fenster from Rome

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

 
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Arm with stars and a swastika

This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.

 
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Inscription by Proficentius, Rome

This marble slab bears an inception be the Pater Proficentius to whom Mithras has suggested to build and devote a temple.

 
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Taurcotony of Secundinus

This remarkable marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum includes a unique dedication by its donor, featuring the rare term signum, seldom found in Mithraic contexts.

 
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If So, How? Representing “Coming Back to Life” in the Mysteries of Mithras

Porphyry states that the Mithraists “perfect their initiate by inducting him into a mystery of the descent of souls and their exit back out again, calling the place a ‘cave’.”.

 
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Dedication to Zeus-Helios, Mithras, and Phanes

This is the first known inscription that includes Phanes alongside Mithras found in a Mithraic context.

 
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Mithra’s statue in Boztepe Hill

This eulogy of Saint Eugene of Trapezos tells how, in the time of Diocletian, he and two other Christian fellows destroyed a statue of Mithras.

 
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Altar from the Mitreo sotto la Basilica di San Lorenzo

This cylindrical marble altar was dedicated by the same Pater Proficentius as the slab, both monuments found in the Mithraeum beneath the Basilica of San Lorenzo.

 
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Altar to Semele from Cologne

This sandstone altar found in Cologne bears an inscription to the goddess Semele and her sisters.

 
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Altar of Fructus and Myro

This marble monument was dedicated in Rome by the slave Fructus and his son Myro.

 
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Altar of Aemilius Chrysanthus to the Invincible Sol

Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.

 
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Altar by Aurelius Eutyches from Siscia

This altar, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Eutyches for the health of the Emperor Caracalla, was found in Sisak, Croatia, in 1899.

 
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Altar by Septimius Zosimus from Roma

This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

 
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Inscription of Apronianus of Nesce

The dedicator of this monument is also known for having made a tauroctonic relief in Nesce.

 
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Inscriptions of Valerius Maximianus at Lambaesis

These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.

 
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Altar by Marcus Aurelius Sabinus

This altar to the god Sol invicto Mithra was erected by a legate during Maximin’s reign in Lambaesis, Numidia.

 
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Re-interpreting the Mysteries of Mithras

Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.

 
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A Study of Mithraism

During the first semester of his sophomore year at Crozer, King composed a paper for Enslin’s course on Greek religion, focusing on Mithraism.

 
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Zodiac stucco of Ponza

Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.

 
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Mithras birth from Petronell

Only parts of the knees of Mithras, emerging from the rock, have been preserved from this monument of Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria.

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