The New Mithraeum Database

Prefect, probably of Cohors II Tungrorum, who dedicated an altar to the invincible sun god Mithras in Camboglanna, Britannia.

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

TNMM430 – CIMRM 2187

This stone in basso relief of Mithras killing the bull was found 10 foot underground in Micklegate York in 1747.

TNMM246 – CIMRM 835

Solder of the Legio II Augusta who dedicated a monument to Mithras Invictus in Isca.

Equus and Prefect.

The Sanskrit and Hindi word for friend is “Mitra”. It is also the Nepali word for it. The Sinhala word is ‘mitura’. The word’s etymology has surprising, stark and vivid homosexual connotations.

To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

TNMM592 – CIMRM 808

This oolite base, dedicated to the invincible Mithras, was found in the baths of the Villa de Caerleon, Walles.

TNMM741 – CIMRM 809

Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day suburban town of Caerleon, Walles.

Horsley thought that, like some other inscriptions in the Naworth Collection, this altar also had come from Birdoswald.

TNMM720 – CIMRM 872