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Roman veteran stationed on the island of Andros, where he built a temple to Mithras.
An inscription by a certain Aurelius Rufinus reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, but it has not yet been found.
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.
The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.
In this inscription, found in Angera in Lombardy, Mithras is referred to by the unicum 'adiutor'.
Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome.
I am Rauf Mehdi (Mehdizadeh Kabuli). Former professor of engineering faculty of Kabul University and now director of Ariana Encyclopedia.
Butcher who dedicated a statue of Mercurius Quillenius in the Mithraeum of Groß-Gerau.
A powerful and wealthy man, founder of a mithraeum in the city of Aquincum of which he was the mayor.
The statue was dedicated to Mercury Quillenius, an epithet used to refer to a Celtic god or the Greek Kulúvios.
In the Mithraeum of Gross Gerau, discovered in 1989, a statue of Mercury, a lion and an altar were found.
Clarissimus knight and legate born in Poetovio that helped to disseminate the cult of Mithras in the African provinces.
Pro praetor legate during the reign of Maxime, he dedicated an altar to Mithras in Lambaesis.
An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.
This short dipinto pays homage to the Lions and the Persians, the 4th and 5th Mithraic degrees.
This eulogy of Saint Eugene of Trapezos tells how, in the time of Diocletian, he and two other Christian fellows destroyed a statue of Mithras.
The rich mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres include the the signs of the Zodiac.
Diana-Luna, Mercurius, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars are depicted in the mosaics on the benches of this mithraeuma.
At the entrance to the Mithraeum of the Seven Sferes, Cautopates holds the torch with both hands and Cautes holds the torch in his right hand and a cock in his left.