The New Mithraeum Database

Probably the Pater of the Mithraeum of Ostia which bears his name.

Altar from Vratnik near Senia, Dalmatia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Faustus, slave of Tiberius Saturninus, for himself and his family.

Ceramic cup inscribed with a Greek graffito and recovered from the Mithraeum of Martigny, providing evidence for the use of inscribed vessels within the sanctuary assemblage.

Syndexios in Ostia, his name Marsus suggests that he was a snake-charmer.

Tuff tauroctony relief in two fragments from Ghighen, ancient Oescus in Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene with the full iconographic programme.

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Late Roman senator and governor of Numidia whose inscriptions present him as a Mithraic pater and initiate in several mystery cults.

Early Mithraic Leo from Novae whose name has been associated with the honey symbolism of the leonine grade.

Veteran recalled to imperial service and sole named devotee of Mithras currently attested at Grumentum.

Pair of bronze torchbearer statuettes in Oriental dress from the Cabinet des Médailles, originally belonging to the same sculptural group.

Rock-crystal gem in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer with the standard iconographic programme.

Gold ring amulet formerly in the Schlumberger Collection, published as Mithraic by Cumont and later identified as a healing charm against colic and diseases of the uterus.

An altar found in 1889 at Caldas de Reyes (ancient Iria Flavia) in Galicia, bearing a fragmentary dedication to Cautes, possibly by a person named Antonius.

A small limestone votive altar from Pola (modern Pula) bearing on its front face a damaged relief head of a youthful Sol with long curly hair, above which is carved the inscription Soli and below the dedicatory text by Atticus (No. 757).

Fragmentary inscription of unknown provenance, preserving only a pro salute formula and the name Attius Valerianus.

Marble relief fragment from Dacia, depicting Mithras placing a Phrygian cap on the kneeling Sol — one of the more unusual variants of the Mithraic iconographic programme.

The Roman remains of Benifaió, or Benifayó in Spanish, are located on the outskirts of the city. Of particular interest is a rustic villa inhabited between the 1st and 4th centuries according to the numismatic and ceramic remains found.

Tomis became one of the principal urban and maritime centres of the western Black Sea coast.

Thessalonike became one of the principal urban centres of the Balkans and the Via Egnatia corridor.

Teurnia became an important late Roman urban centre in the province of Noricum.