The New Mithraeum Database

Argentoratum or Argentorate was the ancient name of Strasbourg. Its name was first mentioned in 12 BC, when it was a Roman military outpost established by Nero Claudius Drusus. The Legio VIII Augusta was stationed there from 90 AD.

The relief of naked Roman soldier, wearing a mantle and a Phrygian cap, has been related to the Mithras' cult.

TNMM216

Emperor Julian may have been initiated into the cult of the god Mithras at the Mithraeum of Vienne, France, according to Turcan.

TNMM293 – CIMRM 901, 902

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The inscription reports the restoration of the coloured painting of the main relief of the Mithraeum by a veteran of the Legio VIII Augusta.

TNMM253 – CIMRM 1361

Firmidius Severinus was a soldier who served in the Legio VIII Augusta for 26 years.

The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

TNMM199

The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.

TNMM285

Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.

TNMM217 – CIMRM 1335

The Mackwiller Mithraeum was built in the middle of the 2nd century, during the reign of Antoninus the Pious, on the site of a spring already worshipped by the natives.

TNMM68

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.

TNMM114 – CIMRM 966, 967

The Aion-Chronos of Mérida was found near the bullring of the current city, once capital of the Roman province Hispania Ulterior.

TNMM181 – CIMRM 777

These fragments of a monumental relief of Mithras killing the bull were put together...

TNMM576 – CIMRM 1359, 1360