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Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

Tauroctony of Alba Iulia with collared dog

This relief of Mithras killing the bull from Apulum, now Alba Iulia, Romania, contains several scenes from the Mithras legend.

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Euhemerus

Euhemerus was a Greek or Greco-Oriental man of modest status.

Tauroctony of Euhemerus from Alba Iulia

Several authors read the name Suaemedus instead of Euhemerus as the author of this mithraic relief from Alba Iulia, Romania.

Tauroctony of Pleven

This relief of Mithras killing the bull in a vaulted grotto lacks the usual scorpion pinching the bull's testicles.

Ἰουλιανὸς

Soldier of the Legio XVI Flavia Firma Antoniana stationed at Dura Europos.

Inscription to Tourmasgade of Dura Europos

This inscription by a certain Ioulianos, found at the entrance to the Dolichenum at Dura Europos, bears an inscription to Zeus Helios Mithras et Tourmasgade.

Sabinianus

A comrade of Charitinus, he was a freedman who consecrated an altar to Mithras for the emperors Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa.

Charitinus

Freedman who consecrated an altar to Mithras for the numen and majesty of the emperors Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa.

Altar of Poreč

This stone altar found in Poreč was dedicated by two freedmen to the numen and majesty of the emperors Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa.

Marcus Aurelius Rufinus

Roman veteran stationed on the island of Andros, where he built a temple to Mithras.

Tauroctony of Santiponce

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

Inscription of Valentinus Secundionis

This monument, now lost, was discovered in the 16th century, probably on the site of Sublavio statio.

Cautes and Cautopates of Ostia found in 1939

This marble of Cautes was found together with his partner Cautopates in Ostia in 1939.

Aurelius Nectoreca

Breton centurion stationed in Volubilis, Mauretania Tingitana, known for his loyalty to Mithras and Commodus.

Plaque of Meknès

One of the two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, found in Meknès, Morocco.

Altar of Meknès

Two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, have been found in Meknès, Morocco.

Cautes and Cautopates of Palermo

These two mithraic sculptures of Cautes and Cautopates belong to the same collection of Astuto de Noto, made up of mostly Sicilian monuments.

Terentius Priscus Eucheta

He was initiated and cured thanks to the invincible Nabarze.