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The New Mithraeum Database

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Nero

Roman emperor whose ceremonial reception of Tiridates I of Armenia established one of the earliest recorded links between Mithras and the Roman imperial court.

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Commodus

Roman emperor traditionally regarded as the first ruler initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras.

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Alfius Severus

Alfius Severus was a prominent figure associated with the Mithraeum of Marino, probably acting as pater of a small Mithraic community connected with the nearby peperino stone quarries.

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Mithraeum of Burham

To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

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Serapis head of Walbrook

The head of Serapis found at Walbrook, London, is decorated with stylised olive branches.

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Dionysus group marble of London

Marble group of Dionysus accompanied by a Silenus on a donkey, a satyr and a menead.

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Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.

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Serapis head from Mérida

This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.

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Inscription to Sol Invictus from Montefalco

A decorated inscription with egg-and-dart moulding found in the castle of La Fratta near Montefalco in Umbria, bearing a brief dedication to Sol Invictus.

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Sculpted head from Florentia

Head formerly associated with Mithraic material but interpreted by Margarete Bieber as a dying Giant.

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Tauroctony from Nesce

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.

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Sol Invictus Mithrae inscription from Aïn-Tekria

Marble plate inscription dedicated to Deo Soli Invicto Mithrae for the wellbeing of Emperor Commodus, dated 180-192 A.D., from Aïn-Tekria.

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Legion inscription from Ager Sitifensis

Inscription of the cohorts of Legion II Herculiae dedicated to Deus Invictus Mithras, dated after 285 A.D., from the Ager Sitifensis.

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Deo Soli stone from Sicca

Small stone block inscribed to Deo Soli, found walled up in an Arabic wall near a Roman spring at Sicca Veneria (modern Kef).

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Tanit ex-voto from Carthage

Punic ex-voto to Tanit bearing the formula 'Meqim Elim Mithrahastarni', tentatively interpreted as a Mithras reference but pre-dating the Roman cult.

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Mithras relief from Carthage

Small Mithras relief found in the upper layer of the tophet at Carthage by Cintas in 1949.

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Mithraeum of Colchester

One of the rooms in a sustantive masonry building in Hollytrees Meadow was considered to be a Mithreum, a theory that has now been discarded.

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Mithraeum of Rudchester

The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.

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Altar to Sol Invictus from Bu-Gnem

Limestone keystone dedicated to the invincible Sun by Peticius Pastor and preserved at Lepcis Magna.

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Mithraic inscription from Lepcis Magna

Epigraphic monument from Tripolitania preserving a corrected reading discussed in later scholarship.

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