The New Mithraeum Database

One of the lions of Carsuale who funded the leonteum.

Lion and legitimate priest of Carsulae.

Slave and bailiff of Tiberius Claudius Livianus.

A powerful and wealthy man, founder of a mithraeum in the city of Aquincum of which he was the mayor.

Equites and Pater at Mithraeum Santo Stefano Rotondo.

Garlic merchant, probably from Lusitania, who dedicated an altar to Cautes in Tarraconensis.

Kamerios reached the seventh grade in the Mithraic ladder. A couple of graffitis celebrate his achievements in the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

Commander of a unite of Palmyrene archers stationed with the Roman garrison in Dura Europos.

Commander of the Macedonian legions V and XIII Gemina Galliens.

Soldier recruited in Arausio (Orange), emeritus of the Legion II Augusta.

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

Pater Patrum at Emerita Augusta

Pater Patrum of Ostia, he officiated at the Mitreo Aldobrandini where he is mentioned in a couple of inscriptions.

Centurio frumentarius probably from Tarraco, who served in the Legio VII Gemina located in Emerita Agusta.

He erected one of the last known mithraea on his property.

Probably the Pater of the Mithraeum of Ostia which bears his name.

Dedicated a statue of Arimanius in Eboracum, now in the Yorkshire Museum.

Equus and Prefect.

The article reveals the context in which the first public appearance of Mitra happened to answer two questions: who were the first people to give prominence to this deity, and for what purpose they did so.