The New Mithraeum Database

This marble relief of Cautes was found in 1863 in Sisak, Croatia.

This relief of Mithras killing the bull, signed by a certain Χρῆστος, is on display in the Sala dei Animali of the Vatican Museum.

The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.

The statue was dedicated to Mercury Quillenius, an epithet used to refer to a Celtic god or the Greek Kulúvios.

This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.

It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.

Mithras Petrogenitus, born from the rock, from the Mithraeum of Carnuntum III.

These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

Yolanda’s multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.

The Mithras of Cabra is the only full preserved Tauroctony sculpture found in Spain yet.

The monument was dedicated by two brothers, one of them being the Pater of his community.

Antiochus I of Commagene shakes Mithras hands in this relief from the Nemrut Dagi temple.

This intaglio depicting Mithras killing the bull is preserved at the Bibliothèque national de France.

This ancient carnelian intaglio mounted in gold depicts Mithras slaying the bull surrounded by his companions Cautes and Cautopates.

Mithras and Sol share a sacred meal accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates on a relief found in a cemetery from Croatia.

This small bronze tabula ansata was dedicated to Mithras by two brothers, probably not related by blood.

This altar was dedicated by a son to his father, one of the few Patres Patrum recorded in the western provinces.

Seminario de Investigación Cultos orientales e Iconografía Máster en Arqueología del Mediterráneo en la Antigüedad Clásica.

The spherical ceramic cup found at the Mithraeum in Angers bears an inscription to the unconquered god Mithras.

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