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Last king of Commagene, Antiochus IV reigned between 38 and 72 as a client king to the Roman Empires.

Fifth Roman emperor and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 until his death in 68.

Danube region can be traced back to the legions that fought under his command in Armenia.

Founder of the Arasacid dynasty, Tiridates I was crowned king of Armenia by Nero in 66.

Roman emperor and philosopher known for his attempt to restore Hellenistic polytheism.

King of the Greco-Iranian Kingdom of Commagene.

Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.

Roman emperor at the age of 14, from 218 to his death in 222, Elagabalus was a main priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa.

First African emperor of Rome (193 – 211), born in Leptis Magna, now Al-Khums in Libya.

Roman emperor of humble origin who reunited the Empire and repelled the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts.

Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.

This bronze arm, with stars and a swastika, was once thought to be part of a Mithras statuette but has since been dismissed as unrelated to the Mithras cult.

Relief of Mithras killing the bull with an inscription from a certain Aurelius Macer who dedicates it to Sol Invictus Mithras.

Exploring religion, rituals, archaeological insights, and historical impact of the Cult of Mithras in the Danubian provinces.

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Dave Fingrut has visited Mithraea and tauroctonies on three continents. He takes his cosmopolitan rootless and his anti-fascism premature.

This fragment of a sculpture depicting the birth of Mithras from a rock, intertwined with a chaotic mass of serpent coils, was discovered in Aquileia, Italy.

Pater sacrorum and founder of the Mithraeum under the Basilica of S. Lorenzo.

The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.

This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, including Mithras slaying the bull beneath his chest.