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Monuments to Mithras

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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Mithraeum

Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
TNMM94 – CIMRM 272
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Kapıkaya
Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.
TNMM514
Monumentum

Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
The head of Mithras had seven holes made for fastening rays.
TNMM145 – CIMRM 280
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Riegel
A votive altar referring to the cult of Mithras was found more than forty years before the site was excavated and the Mithraeum discovered.
TNMM54
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Sarrebourg
The Mithraeum of Sarrebourg was discovered during operatoins for military buldings.
TNMM45 – CIMRM 965
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Perge
The Mithraeum of Pamphylia was cut back into the rock to form a cave, with a separate relief of Mithras killing the bull.
TNMM508
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Fertőrákos
The temple of Mithras in Fertorakos was constructed by soldiers from the Carnuntum legion at the beginning of the 3rd century AD.
TNMM36
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Heidenfeld
TNMM89
Mithraeum

Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
TNMM1 – CIMRM 229
Monumentum

Mithraic vessel of Mainz
The Mithraic vase from Ballplatz in Mainz shows seven figures performing different sequences of an initiation ritual.
TNMM235
Monumentum

Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan
Marcus Valerius Maximus records in this inscription his knowledge of astrology as well as the name of his wife.
TNMM494 – CIMRM 708
M(arcus) Valeri[us] / Maximu[s] / sacerdo[s] / d(ei) S(olis) i(nvicti) M(ithrae) / stu[di(osus)] / astrologia[e] / sibi et / Severiae Apr[.] / uxori. / H(oc) m(onumentum) h(eredes) n(on) [s(equetur)].
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Mainz
The Mithraeum of Mainz, was discovered outside the Roman legionary fortress. Unfortunately the site was destroyed without being recorded.
TNMM359
Mithraeum

Mitreo de Cabrera de Mar
The Roman villa of Can Molodell had a sanctuary that has been related to the cult of Mithras.
TNMM30
Monumentum

Inscripton of Perge
This inscription by Luccius Crispus was found near the entrance of the Mithraeum at Pamphylia.
TNMM509
Ἡλίῳ Μίθρ[ᾳ] | Μᾶρκος Λούκκιος Κρίσπος | ὑπὲρ τῆς ἱερᾶς βουλῆς καὶ δῆμου Περγα[ίων] | εὐξάμενο[ς] καθιέρωσ…
Mithraeum

Mithraeum V of Aquincum
The fifth mithraeum from Aquincum has been found in the house of a military tribune.
TNMM501
Mithraeum

Mitreo de Hawarti
TNMM67
Monumentum

Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia
This monument to the invincible god Mithras was inscribed on the façade of the church of Aiello deil Friuli, Aquileia.
TNMM504 – CIMRM 745
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / L. Sept(imius) Cas/sianus sig(nifer) / legionis IIIIII His(panae) / agens in lustro P. / Porci Fausti / p(rimi)p(ili) v(otum) p(osuit) l(ibens) m(erito).
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Aquileia
The relief of the Mithraic tauroctony of Aquiliea is currently on display in Vienna.
TNMM154 – CIMRM 736
Monumentum

Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus
The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.
TNMM273 – CIMRM 420
D(is) M(anibus). Vettius Agorius Praetextatus augur, p[o]ntifex Vestae, pontifex Sol[is], quindecemvir curialis Herc[u]lis, sacratus Libero et Eleusiniis, hierophanta, neocorus, tauroboliatus, …
Monumentum

Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus
This altar bears the oldest known Latin inscription to the god Mithras, written Mitrhe.
TNMM503 – CIMRM 1718
Invicto Mitrhe / C. Sacidius Ba/rbarus [c(enturio)] leg(ionis) / XV Apol[linar(is)] / ex voto ....