Mithras in Britannia

Mithraeum of Inveresk

The Mithraeum of Inveresk, south of Musselburgh, East Lothian, is the first found in Scotland, and the earliest securely dated example from Britain.

Mithraeum of Carrawburgh

The temple of Mithras of Carrawburgh, Brocolita, disclosed three main stages of development, the second exhibiting two reconstructions.

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London Mithraeum

The Mithraeum of London, also known as the Walbrook Mithraeum, was contextualised and relocated to its original site in 2016.

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Mithraeum of Housesteads

The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.

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Arimanius from York

The statue of Arimanius/Ahriman was found in 1874 under the city wall of York during the construction of the railway station.

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Tauroctonia de Walbrook

The image of Mithras killing the bull, found near Walbrook, is surrounded by a Zoadiac circle.

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Mithraeum of Caernarfon

Mithraeum near the Roman fort of Segontium at Caernarfon, built around AD 200 and refurbished twice before being desecrated and burnt in the later 4th century.

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Altar with openwork of Inveresk

The altar of Sol from Inveresk, Scotland, was pierced, probably to illuminate part of the temple with a particular effect.

Mithras rock-born from Housesteads

A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.

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Mithraeum of Rudchester

The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.

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Mithras-Sol Altar from the Carrawburgh

One of the altars from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum depicts the bust of Mithras or Sol.

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Mithras head of Walbrook

The Mithras's head of Walbrook probable belonged to a life-size scene of the god scarifying the bull.

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Britannia inferior

Along the northern frontier of Roman Britain, Britannia inferior preserves important evidence linked to military and frontier communities.

Britannia superior

Britannia superior preserves a substantial body of Mithraic evidence associated with military sites and urban centres of Roman Britain.

Borcovicium

Housesteads Roman Fort is the remains of an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England, south of Broomlee Lough.

Bremenium

Bremenium is an ancient Roman fort located at Rochester, Northumberland, England.

Brocolita

Brocolitia, also called Procolita or Brocolita, was an auxiliary settlement on Hadrian's Wall. This site is now known as Carrawburgh.

Burham

Burham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England.

Camboglanna

Camboglanna was a Roman fort.

Camulodunum

Camulodunum, modern Colchester, was among the earliest coloniae established in Britannia after the Roman conquest.

Colenceaster

Colchester KOHL-cheh-stər is a city in Essex, England.

Coria

Coria developed as a major military and civilian centre near Hadrian’s Wall at modern Corbridge in northern Britannia.

Deva

Deva was a major Roman legionary fortress in northern Britannia, today Chester.

Eboracum

Eboracum was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. Two Roman emperors died in Eboracum: Septimius Severus in 211 AD, and Constantius Chlorus in 306 AD.

Eburacum

Eburacum, modern York, served as one of the principal administrative and military centres of northern Britannia.

Epiacum

The hill fort of Epiacum, known today as Whitley Castle, occupied a strategic upland position south of Hadrian’s Wall.