The New Mithraeum Database

The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.

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Chapter of In Search of Cyrus devoted to the origins of the Iranian god Mithra.

Blastia dedicated an altar to Mithras and Silvanus in Emona.

Pater Sacrorum at Mithraeum Circo Massimo.

Pater Patrum and Senator. He was also the patriarch of the Olympian dynasty, overseeing a Mithraic community in the centre of Rome.

Con motivo del descubrimiento de un mitreo en Mitra en Cabra, charlamos con uno de los referentes del mitraísmo, Jaime Alvar. Con él, repasamos los testimonios hasta hoy conocidos y las especificidades del culto mitraico en Hispania.

On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.

VIIIe siècle après Jésus-Christ : le culte de Mithra est devenu la religion officielle de l’Empire romain, et les autres cultes, dont celui de la petite secte chrétienne, sont férocement réprimés. Mais les mécontents s’agitent : peuples german…

In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult…