To the great gods, Ulpius Egnatius Faventinus, clarissimus, public augur of the Roman people of the Quirites, sacred father and herald of the god Sol invincible Mithra, arch-herald of the god Liber, ...

TNMP 149 The community may have been relatively large, with the dedicatee's accession to the fifth grade suggesting that the seven-grade ladder was located there, unless this accession to the Persian ...

Legend Preserved: Shrine partially preserved or reconstructed near its original site. Documented but unfound: Shrine recorded in sources but not physically located or destroyed. Disputed: Site ...

Brothers, syndexioi or cultores of Mithras and other persons related to the Cult of Mithras in The New Mithraeum Database.

The first documented mentions of the Mithraic cult in Western Europe, with allusions to Eastern-named gods, profuse and unmistakable iconography, and dark, subterranean temples, appear from the end of ...

TNMM 774 Roman, Imperial period, c. 3rd century AD. An enticing marble relief depicting Mithras killing a sacred bull. Dressed in a tunic, Mithras is depicted in the traditional manner, kneeling over ...

A PhD in Egyptology, Laurent Bricault is a professor of Roman history at the Jean-Jaurès University in Toulouse. Since the beginning of his academic career, this leading figure of leonine character in ...

TNMM 804 This fragment of a sculpture, measuring 48 x 45 cm, depicts Mithras emerging from a rock, accompanied by serpent motifs. Discovered in Aquileia, Italy, it is now preserved in the Museo ...

TNMM 700 CIMRM 1905 Three larger altars were found in front of the cult-relief. One of them has a pediment and akroteria. Also in front of the relief were found: remnants of bones, fragments of ...

TNMM 718 CIMRM 507 White marble statue (H. 1.46). Vatican, Mus. Chiaramonti, XXXIII,5. Torchbearer, restored as a Paris. It may appear from the attitude, that he held the torch downwards with both ...

TNMM 273 CIMRM 420 Basis magna marmorea. In hortis Matthaeiorum, ubi adhuc extat. Agorii / Vettio Agorio Praetextato v (iro) c (larissimo). a) On the first coluum: Pontifici Vestae / pontifici Solis / ...

The New Mithraeum 16 Mar 2022 Updated on Sep 2024 TNMM 528 CIMRM 807 Altar (H. 0.68 Br. 0.38 D. 0.40) found at Benifayo, near a branch of the river Muça. Valencia, Provincial Museum.