The New Mithraeum

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This limestone tauroctony from Aquincum preserves Mithras slaying the bull together with Cautopates, the serpent, the scorpion, and the legs of the raven.

This large limestone fragment from Roman Salona preserves the hind part of the bull together with Mithras’ foot and traces of his red tunic.

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

This weathered marble fragment from Viminacium preserves part of a tauroctony with Luna, Cautopates, the serpent, and the dog.

This limestone altar from Roman Dacia preserves a dedication to Mithras by a commander of the Ala II Pannoniorum.

These six marble fragments from the Second Mithraeum of Poetovio preserve parts of tauroctonies together with figures of Sol, Cautes, and Cautopates.

This unfinished Mithras tauroctonos without the usual surrounding animals was found in 1923 in Italica, near Seville, Spain.

This weathered limestone statue from the Mithraeum of Apulum depicts a standing figure in Oriental attire holding the head of a bull or ram.

The remains of this Mithraeum were discovered in 1930 in the Cetatea district of Alba Iulia, ancient Apulum.

This marble fragment from Apulum preserves the head of Mithras beneath an arch together with a raven and the remains of Sol’s radiate crown.

This small weathered marble fragment preserves part of a tauroctony with Cautes, Luna, the serpent, and a leaping dog.

This small marble fragment preserves the crossed legs of a torchbearer, probably Cautopates, beside the hoof of the bull and the foot of Mithras.

This marble fragment from Roman Dacia preserves part of a tauroctony with Sol, the raven, and Mithras dragging the bull.

This finely carved marble tauroctony from Interamna features an unusual series of altars and ritual vases surrounding the scene.

This fragmentary tauroctony from Roman Gaul preserves a striking raven behind Mithras’ cloak and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

This statuette of Cautopates from Intercisa shows the torchbearer holding a burning torch and a pelta at his side.

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A vicarius of the imperial household dedicated to Mithras in Roman Angers.

This marble plaque from Iuliomagus, Roman Angers, bears a rare dedication to Mithras by Pylades, a slave of an imperial slave connected to the Roman administration in Gaul.