This inscribed limestone altar from Roman Salona preserves several lists of ministers associated with the Tritones collegium ...

Lenni George on Hekate’s development across ancient traditions, from mystery cults to magical practice and philosophical ...

Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome. M[atri] d[eum] m[agnae] I[deae] / et Attidi meno/tyranno conser/vatoribus suis Cae/lius ...

A dedicatory inscription that was found at Camboglanna Castle and dated to 201/300 proves that Ripanus was prefect. According to John Spaul, he was prefect of the Cohors II Tungrorum, which was ...

Interactive map highlighting most of the Mithras shrines, featuring descriptions and links to further information.

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 ...

The first documented mentions of the Mithraic cult in Europe, with allusions to Eastern-named gods, profuse and unmistakable iconography, and dark, subterranean temples, appear from the end of the 1st ...

Hermae of the Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana 683 217 Graffito of the Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana 684 218 ...

According to Ernst Renan, the renowned 19th-century historian of religion and philologist, if the Roman world had not become Christian, it would be Mithraic today. This controversial premise also ...

On the relief the front of a temple is represented: two columns with capitals, supporting a tympanum. Between the columns a representation of Mithras' rockbirth. In his l.h. the youthful, naked god ...

White marble relief (H. 1.15 Br. 0.35). Galleria degli Uffizi. On a restored base a standing Aion with lion's head. His body is entwined by six windings of a serpent, which lays its head on that of ...

Table of references for mithraic artefacts Cross-database references to monuments, inscriptions and other artefacts related to the Cult of Mithras.