The New Mithraeum Database

According to F. Cumont, the Bedouins told a legend from which Nöldeke concluded that the castle of Quasr-ibn-Wardân was a fort with a mithraeum.

TNMM350 – CIMRM 73

The Hekataion of Sidon shows a triple Hekate surrounded by three dancing nymphs.

TNMM305 – CIMRM 84, 85

The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.

TNMM221

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…

Soldier of the Legio XVI Flavia Firma Antoniana stationed at Dura Europos.

The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.

TNMM344

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.

TNMM589

The Temple of Mithras, inside an ancient military settlement, is situated on the eastern border of the Roman Empire.

Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.

Thrasyllus was an Egyptian of Greek descent grammarian, astrologer and a friend of the Roman emperor Tiberius.

King of the Greco-Iranian Kingdom of Commenage

Danube region can be traced back to the legions that fought under his command in Armenia.

Of Semitic origin, Absalmos has dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras in ancient Syria.

Centurion who dedicated the first known Latin inscription to the invincible Mithras.

The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

TNMM34 – CIMRM 34

The controversial Italian journalist Edmon Durighello discovered this marble statue of a young naked Aion in 1887.

TNMM157 – CIMRM 78, 79

The small medallion depicts three scenes from the life of Mithras, including the Tauroctony. It may come from the Danube area.

TNMM141

This relief of Mithras as bull slayer is surrounded by Cautes and Cautopates with their usual torch plus an oval object.

TNMM224 – CIMRM 71