The New Mithraeum Database

The relief of Aion from Vienne includes a naked youth in Phrygian cap holding the reins of a horse.

TNMM265 – CIMRM 902

Emperor Julian may have been initiated into the cult of the god Mithras at the Mithraeum of Vienne, France, according to Turcan.

TNMM293 – CIMRM 901, 902

On ne saurait qu'applaudir à l'idée qu'a eue V. J. Walters de faire le point des découvertes mithriaques en Gaule romaine. Son projet reste dominé par le découpage administratif des « Roman provinces of Gaul ». Mais compte tenu de l'ensemble que ce…

Originaires de Babylone, où naquit l'astrologie, les prêtres chaldéens étaient, dans le monde antique, craints et respectés pour leurs connaissances magiques et divinatoires. Leurs pouvoirs miraculeux et leur capacité de dialoguer directement avec l…

This is one of the two torchbearers, probably Cautes, transformed into Paris, now in the British Museum.

TNMM132 – CIMRM 506

This temple of Mithras has been discovered under the Church in Vieux-en-Val-Romey, in 1869.

TNMM295 – CIMRM 909, 910

The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.

TNMM148 – CIMRM 879

This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.

TNMM440 – CIMRM 314, 315

Vienna was the capital of the Allobroges, a Gallic people, until it was conquered by the Romans in 47 BC. It became a Roman provincial capital, conveniently located on the Rhône, then a major communication route.