The Mithraic evidence documented in Pannonia is exceptionally rich and closely connected to military communities stationed along the Danube frontier. The province preserves numerous monuments, inscriptions and mithraea illustrating the strong implantation of the cult within the frontier systems of the Roman Empire.
Mithraic monuments of Pannonia
Mithraeum I of Ptuj
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
CIMRM 1487
Mithraeum VI of Aquincum
A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.
Mithraeum III of Ptuj
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
CIMRM 1578
Mithraeum I of Carnuntum
According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular.
CIMRM 1664
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
Cautes and Cautopates attend the birth of Mithras from the rock in the Petrogenia of the third Mithraeum of Ptuj.
CIMRM 1593
Mithraeum II of Aquincum in Victorinus’s house
This temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
CIMRM 1750
Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares
Altar with Cautes and Cautopates dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras as protector of the Tetrarchy in 3rd-century Carnuntum.
CIMRM 1697
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.
CIMRM 1636
Mithraeum IV of Aquincum
The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.
CIMRM 1767
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
The main cultic relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Fertorakos was carved into the rock face.
CIMRM 1642
Mithraeum III of Carnuntum
Mithraeum III found in the west part of Petronell near Hintausried in August 1894 by J. Dell and C. Tragau.
CIMRM 1682
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
The sculpture includes a serpent climbing the rock from which Mithras is born.
CIMRM 1492
Brothers active in Pannonia
Places in Pannonia
Rodine
Rožanec is a settlement north of the town of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia.
Aquincum
Aquincum was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the province of Pannonia within the Roman Empire.
Brigetio
Brigetio, which became Szőny, was an independent town until 1977, when it was incorporated into Komárom. The Roman legion Legio I Adiutrix was stationed here from 86 AD until the middle of the 5th century.
Budaors
Budaörs is a town in Pest County, in the metropolitan area of Budapest, Hungary. Before the Romans, the Celtic tribe of Eraviscus occupied the area for about 100 years.
Carnuntum
Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.
Intercisa
Intecisa was a military camp and town located in the Roman Province of Pannonia, now known as Dunaújváros, bordering Western Hungary.
Poetovio
The Romans controlled Poetovium until the 1st century BC. It became the base camp of the Legio XIII Gemina, where they built a castrum.
Savaria
Szombathely is the oldest recorded city in Hungary. It was founded by the Romans in 45 AD under the name of Colonia Claudia Savariensum, and it was the capital of the Pannonia Superior province of the Roman Empire.
Inscriptions from Pannonia
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares
Tauroctony relief of Fertőrákos
Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
Mithraeum of Rožanec
Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Mithras taurophorus of Ptuj
Tauroctonia de Carnuntum (III ?)
Tauroctony from Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum
Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus
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