The New Mithraeum Database

Fragment of yellowish chalcedony in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, formerly in the Millingen collection, depicting the standard tauroctony.

Sandstone altar from the Mithraeum of Vindobala bearing a dedication to Sol Invictus and Mithras by the prefect Aponius Rogatianus.

A small stone pedestal and the fallen statue of a seated Mother-goddess from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), depicting a figure of ungainly proportions enfolding in her arms a basket resting on her knees, found in the corner behind the screen at the east end of the temple…

This sandstone altar from the Mithraeum of Vindobala (modern Rudchester) preserves a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by P. Aelius Titullus, prefect of a cohort.

An altar in the shape of a mystic chest found at Aquileia in 1828, inscribed with a brief dedication to the Deity Mithras Sol.

Marble slab of unknown provenance from Moesia Inferior, preserving only the opening of a dedication to Soli invicto Mithrae.

Brixia was the Roman city corresponding to modern Brescia.

Pisaurum was a Roman town on the Adriatic coast, today Pesaro.

Longovicium was a Roman fort and settlement in northern Britannia, today associated with Lanchester.

Deva was a major Roman legionary fortress in northern Britannia, today Chester.

Dyrrachium served as one of the principal Adriatic ports linking the Balkans with Italy.

Camulodunum, modern Colchester, was among the earliest coloniae established in Britannia after the Roman conquest.

A dedication to the unconquered and propitious Sol Invictus Mithras, made by a priest named M. Pompeius on behalf of the divine house, the most sacred council, and the devout inhabitants of the colony of Elusatium (modern Eauze) in Aquitania.

A marble relief found in 1851 built into the adjoining hall of White Friars at Chester (ancient Deva), now in the Grosvenor Museum, depicting a standing dressed figure with a sheep-hook in his left hand and possibly a downward-pointing torch in his right…

A stone relief from Chester (ancient Deva), now in the Grosvenor Museum, depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire pointing his torch downwards with his right hand.

A small stone statue found at Chester (ancient Deva) in 1853 built into a cellar wall in White Friars, still seen by Stukeley in 1725 but now lost, depicting a standing torchbearer in Eastern attire and cross-legged, holding a torch downwards with both hands…

A marble statue from the south wall of the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire (Cautopates) with a sorrowful expression, standing beside a rock at which he points his torch.

A marble relief found on the small island of San Michele di Zampanigo near Torcello in the Venetian lagoon, now in the Museum of Torcello, showing a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire resting his head in his right hand and holding a downward-pointing torch (Cautopates), framed by poppies…

A square base found in 1868 near the Sardagna waterfall at San Niccolò beside the ancient Roman road in Trento (ancient Tridentum), in ground full of debris suggesting a nearby necropolis and possibly a Mithraeum.

A double-sided limestone relief found near Meclo in Val di Non in 1895, now in the Museo Nazionale at Trento, with a raven and altar scene on the obverse and scenes on the reverse showing a figure attacking a kneeling Phrygian-capped person and Mithras as a bull-carrier…