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Mithras in Rhaetia

Raetia preserves Mithraic evidence connected to Alpine frontier systems and military mobility.

The Mithraic material documented in Raetia reflects the province’s strategic position between the upper Danube, the Alps and northern Italy. The evidence illustrates the circulation of Mithraic practices through military installations, frontier infrastructure and regional communication routes.

Mithraic monuments of Rhaetia

 

Mithräum von Königsbrunn

The Mithraeum of Koenigsbrunn is the only one preserved in the ancient Roman province of Rhaetia, current Bavaria.

 

Tauroctony from Mauls

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

CIMRM 1400

 

Mithräum von Künzing

The Mithraeum of Kunzing was an underground building, oriented east-west. The entrance was probably on the east.

 

Altar from Künzing by Valerius Magio

This fragmented monument bears an inscription of a certain veteran named Valerius Magio.

 

Mithraeum of Regensburg

The Mithraeum of Regensburg represents the earliest of the nine Mithraic sanctuaries so far documented in Bavaria, Germany.

Brothers active in Rhaetia

Valerius Magio

Valerius Magio
(c. early 3rd century)

Places in Rhaetia

 

Castra Quintana

Künzing is a municipality in the district of Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany.

 

Castra Regina

Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen, Danube's northernmost point.

Inscriptions from Rhaetia

Altar from Künzing by Valerius Magio

I[nvicto] M[ithrae]/V[alerius] Magio/vet[eranus] [h]on[esta] m[issione]/d[imissus] v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the unconquered Mithras Valerius Magio, veteran with honourable discharge, [has] fulfilled the vow gladly, with joy and according to merit.
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