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Altar from Málaga

This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.

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Torchbearer from Torrita

A marble standing torchbearer statue found at Torrita near Nazzano in Etruria at the beginning of the nineteenth century, formerly in Trasi's house at Torrita and later in Rome.

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Mithréum de Lucciana

For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).

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Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo

Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.

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Inscription of Mamilius Capitolinus from Astorga

An inscription from Asturica (modern Astorga) recording a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Sol Invictus and Liber Pater by Q. Mamilius Capitolinus, juridical legate and later prefect of the Treasury of Saturn, for the welfare of himself and his family…

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Intaglio with Tauroctony and Lion with bee

This intaglio portrays Mithra slaying the bull on one side, and a lion with a bee, around seven stars, and inscription, on the other.

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Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.

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Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan

This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the “incomprehensible god” by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.

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Mitreo degli Animali

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.

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Base of Cerellio Hieronymo from Ostia

Small marble base recording a donation to M. Cerellio Hieronymo, pater and sacerdos, on behalf of an antistes who dedicated objects to the god, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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Second altar from Tibiscum by Hermadio

This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.

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Leontocephalic deity from the Fagan Mithraeum

Marble leontocephalic Aion/Arimanus from the now-lost Fagan Mithraeum at Ostia, dedicated in AD 190 by three members of the local Mithraic priesthood.

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Mitreo Fagan

The Fagan Mithraeum, also known as the Mithraeum of Tor Boacciana, yielded remarkable sculptures of lion-headed deities, several of which are now preserved in the Vatican Museums.

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Marble base of Annius Lucullus Ostia

Small marble base with a dedication by T. Annius Lucullus, sevir and quinquennalis, to Martis Dendrophoris Ostiensium, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, dated to 143 A.D.

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Marble base of Atilius Bassus from Ostia

Small marble base dedicated by C. Atilius Bassus, freedman and apparator of a priest of the Great Mother, to Silvanus dendrophoris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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Marble base of Annius Merops from Ostia

Small marble base dedicated by Sex. Annius Merops, honoured Dendrophoros, to the image of Terrae Matris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, dated to 142 A.D.

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Altar by Paterna from Rheder

A votive altar dedicated to Deus Invictus Mithras by Paterna, among the few women explicitly associated with Mithraic worship.

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Marble cap from the Mitreo degli Animali

Marble cap mentioned by Visconti, subsequently identified as certainly belonging to the finds of the Mitreo degli Animali rather than the Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale, Ostia.

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Slab from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

Marble slab with a fragmentary Latin inscription, walled into the right-hand side of the cult-niche in the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte at Ostia.

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Cippus of Antoninus from Ostia

This small white marble cippus bears an inscription of a certain Pater Antoninus to Cautes.

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