The New Mithraeum Database

The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.

TNMM201

This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.

TNMM246 – CIMRM 835

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.

TNMM476 – CIMRM 1400

This relief of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum, now Alba Iulia, Romania, contains several scenes from the Mithras legend.

TNMM664 – CIMRM 1972

This remarkable double-sided relief depicts the myth of Mithras and the Tauroctony on one side, and a scene of Mithras the hunter and the banquet of Mithras and the Sol on the other.

TNMM552 – CIMRM 1137

This is a reconstruction of the 2nd level initiation, the Nymphus or male bride.

The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras's myth.

TNMM167 – CIMRM 390

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.

TNMM382 – CIMRM 350, 351

Sol watches Mithras as he gazes Mithras gazes up to heaven while sharing the sacred meal.

TNMM203 – CIMRM 49

The relief of Mithras killing the bull, found near Zvornik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, features some variations on the usual scene.

TNMM765