The New Mithraeum Database tagged with mars

This altar has been unusually dedicated to both gods Mithras and Mars at Mogontiacum, present-day Mainz.

TNMM513

Diana-Luna, Mercurius, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars are depicted in the mosaics on the benches of this mithraeuma.

TNMM609 – CIMRM 241

He was cornicularius, supply officer, to the prefect of the Legion XXII Primigenia.

Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, and cult life.

Szony's bronze plate shows Mithra slaying the bull and the seven planets with attributes at the bottom of the composition.

TNMM334 – CIMRM 1727

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Bologna depicts several scenes of the mithraic myth.

TNMM325 – CIMRM 693

Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.

Laurent Bricault révolutionne les études mithriaques avec l’exposition Le Mystère Mithra. Rencontre à Toulouse avec ce professeur pour une plongée fascinante dans les dernières découvertes sur ce culte invincible.

It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.

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.