The New Mithraeum Database

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

TNMM125 – CIMRM 335

According to F. Cumont, the Bedouins told a legend from which Nöldeke concluded that the castle of Quasr-ibn-Wardân was a fort with a mithraeum.

TNMM350 – CIMRM 73

The remains of the mithraic triptic of Tróia, Lusitania, were part of a bigger composition.

TNMM245 – CIMRM 798

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

TNMM197

Some scholars have speculated that the scrolls both figures hold in their hands represent Eastern doctrines brought to the Western world.

TNMM372 – CIMRM 44

This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.

TNMM282 – CIMRM 605

Thrasyllus was an Egyptian of Greek descent grammarian, astrologer and a friend of the Roman emperor Tiberius.

Roman emperor of humble origin who reunited the Empire and repelled the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts.

Fifth Roman emperor and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 until his death in 68.

Roman emperor, son of the emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.