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The New Mithraeum Database of Romania

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras from Romania.
 
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania

    This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.

    TNMM430 – CIMRM 2187

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia

    This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.

    TNMM480 – CIMRM 1958, 1959

    D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) T(itus) Aur(elius) F(abia) (tribu) Marcus vet(eranus) leg(ionis) XIII g(eminae).
  • Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa

    The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.

    TNMM57 – CIMRM 2027, 2033

  • Monumentum

    Petrogeny of Sibiu

    As usual, the solar god rises a dagger with one of his hands while emerges from the rock.

    TNMM434 – CIMRM 2184

  • Monumentum

    Altar of Sarmizegetusa by Hermadio

    This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.

    TNMM578 – CIMRM 2146

    Soli In/victo M/it(h)rae Ani/ceto Her/madio / votum / solvit / l(ibens) m(erito)
  • Monumentum

    Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa

    This sculpture of Cautes holding a bull's head was found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa, Romania.

    TNMM522 – CIMRM 2122, 2123

    V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
  • Monumentum

    Cautopates of Sarmizegetusa with scorpion

    The Cautopates with scorpion found in 1882 in Sarmizegetusa includes an inscription of a certain slave known as Synethus.

    TNMM521 – CIMRM 2120, 2121

    Cautopati sa(crum) / Synethus adiu[t(or)] / tabul(arii) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
  • Monumentum

    Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa

    The rock of Mithra's birth in the Petrogenia of Sarmizegetusa is surrounded by a snake.

    TNMM436 – CIMRM 2134

  • Monumentum

    Altar by Valerius Maximianus at Apulum

    This monument bears an inscription to Mithras by a well-known general of the Roman Empire.

    TNMM506 – CIMRM 1950

    [Soli ? or Deo ?] invicto / Mitrae / M(arcus) Val(erius) Maxi/mianus / leg(atus) Aug(usti) / v(otum) s(olvit).
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa

    This relief of Mithras slaying the bull incorporates the scene of the god carrying the bull and its birth from a rock.

    TNMM432 – CIMRM 2063