The New Mithraeum Database

Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.

The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.

Iran

We propose to revisit a passage by the prolific author Marteen Vermaseren that highlights correspondences today forgotten between the Roman Mithras and its Eastern counterparts.

This monument was erected on the occasion of the elevation of a member to the Mithraic grade of Perses.

CIMRM 402

Italy

This is one of the few known Mithraic inscriptions dedicated by a member who attained the grade of Perses.

CIMRM 887

France

Procession of figures dressed in different ways with inscriptions calling them by the seven grades of the Mithraic initiation cult.

CIMRM 480

Italy

The inscription mentions the name of the donor, Yperanthes, of Persian origin.

CIMRM 391

Italy

The Nushijan Mithraeum testifies to the worship of Mithra in the region since before the Zoroastrian reform.

Iran

The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is the oldest surviving Mithraic temple in Iran known to date.

Iran

The mithraic cult vessel of Gradische/Gradišče bears an inscription that mentions the Persian god.

Austria

Prof. Parvaneh Pourshariati; 9th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Free University of Berlin, September 2019.

In one of Hawarte's frescoes, the rock birth of Mithras is preceded by Zeus and followed by the young Persian god suspended from a cypress tree.

Syria

Our modern understanding of Mithraism, though, depends largely on a few short (and very problematic) literary mentions, mostly written by the cult’s Christian rivals.

Between the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry's intense and complex essay.

Twelve centuries separate the decline of Roman Mithraism from the dawn of Freemasonry. Twelve centuries during which the mysteries of Mithras have remained more secret than ever.

The museum that houses the temple of Mithras has become the most visited Roman space in the city since it opened.

The Temple of Mithras, inside an ancient military settlement, is situated on the eastern border of the Roman Empire.

La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo

HBO Max's sci-fi series Raised By Wolves features a religious faction that references Sol and the Mithraic Mysteries. Here are the real-world Roman concepts the show borrowed from.

Over the course of the second century CE, worship of the Persianate god Mithras swept across the whole of the Roman Empire. With its distinctive traces preserved in the material record—including cave-like sanctuaries and images of Mithras stabbing a bull—