The New Mithraeum Database

This scene of the main fresco of the Mithraeum Barberini seems to depict part of the initiation into the Mithraic Mysteries.

Imperial freedman and strator that offered a monument to Serapis.

He built the sacred area of the Mitreo del Circo Massimo at his own expense.

He was a plebeian citizen who dedicated a monument to the Unconquerable Sun, Mithras.

Pater Patrum at Emerita Augusta

Senator and Pater Sacrorum of Mithras, who consecrated several monuments in Rome in the late 4th century.

Freedman from Greek-speaking origin who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mythra.

Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.

Greek-speaking member of the community of Mithras followers from Apulum in the 2nd century.

Clarissimo, defensor civitatis, magister and Pater patrum.

Dedicated a floor mosaic to his god.

Eques Romanus and Pater active in S. Stefano Rotondo.

Donor of the monumental Borghese relief.

He was initiated and cured thanks to the invincible Nabarze.

Doryphorus gave his grade and name in a monumental candalabrum found in Rome.

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

Vir perfectissimus and priest of Zeus Brontes and Hecate, he erected a mithraeum in Rome.

Procurator of the emperor, Porcius Verus erected a relief of Mithras found in Ruše, Slovenia..

Prefect of the First Cohort of Batavians, of the Ultinian voting-tribe.

Pater patratus, he financed the restoration of a Mithraeum in Milan.