The New Mithraeum Database

The last pagan emperor of Rome, closely associated with Mithras and Neoplatonic interpretations of the Sun God.

Stela dedicated to Mithras Invictus, found in 1895–1896 at Epamantodurum (modern Mandeure), in the territory of the civitas Sequanorum (Gallia Belgica). The inscription records a vow to Mithras Invictus made for the welfare of Sextus Maenius Pudens.

This limestone altar bears an inscription from its donor, Firmidius Severinus, in honour of Mithras after 26 years of service in the Legio VIII Augusta.

A subterranean room with a stucco depiction of Mithras slaying the bull, probably from the fourth century, discovered at Agurzano near Ponte Mammolo on the Via Tiburtina outside Rome.

A marble inscription fragment found in the cemetery at the Duos Lauros along the Via Labicana outside Rome, commemorating a sacerdos of Sol Invictus Mithras who lived forty years.

A marble altar found in 1873 between the Baths of Diocletian and the Via di Porta Pia in Rome, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Sextus with Titus Flavius Ianuarius as antistes.

An inscription to Sol Invictus Mithras found in the Vigna Patritii outside the Porta Pia in Rome, dedicated by Aelius Victorinus, a veteran of the emperors honourably discharged, with M. Aurelius Romulus as antistes and sacerdos of the cult.

This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.

Flat marble base from Rome, with fragments of statue feet still resting on it, bearing a dedication to the Lord Sol in fulfilment of a vow by Claudius Amerimnus, a lictor curiatus.

Small marble arula found near the church of SS. Apostoli in Rome, bearing a brief Greek dedication to Helios Mithras Invictus.

Greek inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Balbillus, saved from the waters, in the presence of Bassus the priest, belonging to the Mithraic grade of Leo.

Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.

This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.

Large limestone jar from room Z of the S. Prisca Mithraeum, fitted with a small cylindrical vase and a lid bearing the graffito "Te cauterio i Saturne i Ata[r i] Opi".

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.

The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.

Marble inscription found near the Church of S. Susanna on the Quirinal, with a dedication to Sol Invictus as a votive offering by Cornelius Maximus, centurion of the tenth praetorian cohort.

Small semi-round base found on the Monte Quirinale in Via Mazzarini, from a small Mithraeum, with a dedication to Mithras by T. Camurenus Philadelfus through Nonius Firmus pater.

In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.