The New Mithraeum Database tagged with libra

Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy.

The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.

TNMM9 – CIMRM 239

Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.

TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293

The Aion / Phanes relief, currently on display in the Gallerie Estensi, Moneda, is associated with two Eastern mysteric religions: Mithraism and Orphism.

TNMM327 – CIMRM 695, 696

White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.

TNMM123 – CIMRM 545

A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.

TNMM200 – CIMRM 860

The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras's myth.

TNMM167 – CIMRM 390

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.

Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.

TNMM335

The tauroctony relief of Sidon depicts the signs of the zodiac and the four seasons, among other familiar features.

TNMM142 – CIMRM 75