Mithras in Germania

Mithraea of Heddernheim

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

Tauroctony from Osterburken

Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken ’the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now’.

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Mithréum of Strasbourg

Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.

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Cultic mithraic vase of Zeughausstraße

The Mithraic vase from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germany includes Sol-Mithras between Cautes and Cautopates, as well as a serpent, a lion and seven stars.

Two-sided relief of Dieburg

The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.

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Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

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Tauroctony from Neuenheim

The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

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Cautes and Cautopates from Mithraeum III of Heddernheim

The two companions of Mithras carry a torch and a shepherd's staff at the third Mithraeum in Frankfurt-Heddernheim, formerly Nida.

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Mithraic vessel of Mainz

The Mithraic vase from Ballplatz in Mainz depicts seven figures arranged in two narrative sequences, commonly interpreted in relation to initiation rites.

Mithräum von Dieburg

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

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Mithräum von Neuenheim

Only a small part of the Neuenheim Mithraeum has been excavated.

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Mithräum von Saalburg

In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.

Germania inferior

Germania inferior preserves a strongly militarised body of Mithraic evidence from the lower Rhine frontier of the Roman empire.

Germania superior

Along the upper Rhine frontier, Germania superior became one of the principal centres of Mithraic activity in northwestern Europe.

[Neuenheim]

Neuenheim lies in an area occupied since at least the Iron Age, with a Celtic hilltop refuge and cult site on the nearby Heiligenberg from the 5th century BC. From around 40 - 45 CE, the site developed into a Roman vicus associated with a castellum.

Alteburg-Heftrich

The site of Alteburg-Heftrich formed part of the frontier landscape connected with the Upper Germanic limes.

Aquae Helveticae

Aquae Helveticae developed around important thermal springs in the territory of modern Baden in Switzerland.

Aquae Mattiacae

Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main.

Argentoratum

Argentoratum or Argentorate was the ancient name of Strasbourg. Its name was first mentioned in 12 BC, when it was a Roman military outpost established by Nero Claudius Drusus. The Legio VIII Augusta was stationed there from 90 AD.

Augusta Rauricorum

Augusta Rauricorum became one of the principal urban centres of the Upper Rhine region.

Bandorf

Bandorf lies within the Rhine frontier region associated with the military landscape of Germania Superior.

Beihingen

Beihingen occupied a position within the Neckar frontier communications zone.

Besigheim

Besigheim stands at the confluence of the Enz and Neckar rivers in the frontier region of southwestern Germania.

Bingen

Bingen occupied a strategic position at the confluence of the Rhine and Nahe rivers.

Bingerbrück

The settlement of Bingerbrück formed part of the Rhine crossing zone opposite the lower Nahe valley.

Bingium

The Celts are the first known to have settled in this place, which they called Binge, meaning rift. Roman troops stationed here in the first century AD rendered the local name as Bingium in Latin.