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Mithraic monuments

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.
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  • Monumentum

    Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca

    The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.

    TNMM716 – CIMRM 478

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Capri

    It is not certain that the marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on Capri, in the cave of Matromania, where a Mithraeum could have been established.

    TNMM715 – CIMRM 172

  • Mithraeum

    Mithréum d’Angers

    The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

    TNMM199

  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Hermes to Silvanus

    This inscription, found in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis, among some other monuments in Ostia, suggests a link between Mithras and Silvanus.

    TNMM626 – CIMRM 276

    Silvano / sancto / sacrum / Hermes / M. Iuli Eunici.
  • Monumentum

    Painted tauroctony of Rome

    This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.

    TNMM714 – CIMRM 337

  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Flavius Antistianus from Rome

    This inscription was dedicated to God Cautes by a certain Flavius Antistianus, Pater Patrorum in Rome.

    TNMM713 – CIMRM 336

    Deo Caute / Flavius Antistianus / v(ir) e(gregius) de decem primis pater patrum.
  • Monumentum

    Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo

    The mosaic bears an inscription indicating the name of the owner.

    TNMM490 – CIMRM 301

    Fruc[tus ?] / (s)uis in/pendis / consum/mavit.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Ruše

    This relief of Mithras tauroctonus and other finds were discovered in 1845 in Ruše, where a Mithraeum probably existed.

    TNMM710 – CIMRM 1447, 1448

    M(arcus) Porcius / Verus / proc(urator) Aug(usti) / me / pos/uit.
  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo del caseggiato di Diana

    The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

    TNMM5 – CIMRM 216

  • Monumentum

    Fragments of altars from Gimmeldingen

    These fragmentary monuments, one with an inscription, were found in the Gimmeldingen mithraeum.

    TNMM712 – CIMRM 1322

    V(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).