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Acta diurna is our Mithraic social stream for keeping up to date with what is happening in The New Mithraeum.

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Feb 2022
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Inscripton of Perge

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This inscription by Luccius Crispus was found near the entrance of the Mithraeum at Pamphylia.
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Feb 2022
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Mithraeum of Perge

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The Mithraeum of Pamphylia was cut back into the rock to form a cave, with a separate relief of Mithras killing the bull.
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Feb 2022
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Feb 2022
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Ambianicus

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He travelled to Juliomagus and engraved vases to the undefeated Sun Mithras for his brothers.
He travelled to Juliomagus and engraved vases to the undefeated Sun Mithras for his brothers.
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Feb 2022
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Prudentus

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Servus of a certain Primus, Prudentus offered a sculpture of Mithras rock-birth in Poetovio.
Servus of a certain Primus, Prudentus offered a sculpture of Mithras rock-birth in Poetovio.
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Feb 2022
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Altar by Valerius Maximianus at Apulum

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This monument bears an inscription to Mithras by a well-known general of the Roman Empire.
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Feb 2022
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Inscriptions of Valerius Maximianus at Lambaesis

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These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.
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Feb 2022
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Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia

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This monument to the invincible god Mithras was inscribed on the façade of the church of Aiello deil Friuli, Aquileia.
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Feb 2022
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Tauroctony from Aquileia

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The relief of the Mithraic tauroctony of Aquiliea is currently on display in Vienna.
The relief of the Mithraic tauroctony of Aquiliea is currently on display in Vienna.
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Feb 2022
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Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus

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The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.
The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.
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Feb 2022
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Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus

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This altar bears the oldest known Latin inscription to the god Mithras, written Mitrhe.
This altar bears the oldest known Latin inscription to the god Mithras, written Mitrhe.
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Feb 2022
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Altar of Libella, Budapest

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The dedicant of this altar to the god Arimanius was probably a slave who held the grade of Leo.
The dedicant of this altar to the god Arimanius was probably a slave who held the grade of Leo.
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Feb 2022
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Altar from Aquincum by Castinus

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This altar to Mithras is dedicated by a certain Gaius Iulius Castinus, legate prefect of the emperors.
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Feb 2022
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Mithraeum of Aquincum V

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The fifth mithraeum from Aquincum has been found in the house of a military tribune.
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Feb 2022
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Tauroctony from Mauls

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The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.
Yannick Schmidt
Original is now in the Ötzi Museum in Bozen, but still not part of an exhibition.

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Günther Kaufmann: Das Mithras-Kultbild von Mauls. In: Der Schlern vol. 98, 7 (2024) p. 4-51
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Feb 2022
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Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino

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The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.
The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.
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Feb 2022
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Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca

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Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.
Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.
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Feb 2022
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Procession Fresco from Santa Prisca

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Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.
Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.
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Feb 2022
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Marcus Valerius Maximus

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Priest and astrologer of Milan.
Priest and astrologer of Milan.
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