The New Mithraeum Database

The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the main ridge of the Taunus, northwest of Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany.

The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.

TNMM410 – CIMRM 1192

Le Manuel (encheiridion) est ainsi intitulé parce qu'il doit toujours être « sous la main » et à la disposition de ceux qui veulent bien vivre. Car le poignard (encheiridion) du soldat est lui aussi une arme qui doit toujours être sous la main de ce…

The temple of Mithras disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

A bronze plaque with a tauroctony dedicated by him was found between the blocks of the base of the cult relief in one of the Stockstadt temples.

Together with his uncle, he was a syndexios of the Mithraeum in Stockstadt.

Together with his nephew, he was a syndexios of the Mithraeum in Stockstadt.

This catalogue proposes, thanks to the contributions of some 75 international experts, a new synthesis for a complex and fascinating cult that reflects the remarkable advances in our knowledge in recent decades.

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.

The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey). Travelers and colonists from theseS…

The starting point of this study of the initiation into the cult of Mithras are the 462 sites where traces of the cult have been found to date. They form the framework of the study.

Puck of Pook's Hill is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy since it depicts a magical being active and practising h…

Administrator, probably a slave of Pater Alfius Severus, who dedicated the main altar of the Mitreo di Marino.

Douze siècles séparent le déclin du Mithraïsme romain de l'aube de la Franc-maçonnerie. Douze siècles pendant lesquels les mystères de Mithra sont restés plus secrets que jamais.

Laurent Bricault révolutionne les études mithriaques avec l’exposition Le Mystère Mithra. Rencontre à Toulouse avec ce professeur pour une plongée fascinante dans les dernières découvertes sur ce culte invincible.

Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’

Dedicated multiple monuments to Mithras, Fortuna Primigenia and Diana in Etruria.

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

Roman emperor at the age of 14, from 218 to his death in 222, Elagabalus was a main priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa.

Dedicated the main altar found in the Mithraeum of Menender.