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Potaissa

Potaissa was a castra in the Roman province of Dacia, located in today's Turda, Romania.

Mithraic monuments of Potaissa

 

Tauroctony from Aelius Maximus of Turda

This small relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 1859 in Turda, in the Cluj region of Romania.

CIMRM 1920

 

Tauroctony relief with inscription from Turda

Lost white marble tauroctony relief from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, depicting the bull-slaying with dog, serpent, and scorpion; the inscription in the lower border named the dedicant Iulius Iulianus.

CIMRM 1922

 

Inscription of Iulius Iulianus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, recording that Iulius Iulianus erected the monument ex voto.

CIMRM 1923

 

Tauroctony relief with corn-ear tail from Turda

Fragment of a white marble tauroctony relief from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, depicting the bull-slaying with the bull's tail ending in three corn-ears, the dog, serpent, and scorpion.

CIMRM 1924

 

Altar of Aurelius Dolens from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, recording a dedication by Aurelius Dolens, miles of a legion, ex voto.

CIMRM 1925

 

Tauroctony relief fragment from Turda castrum

Marble relief fragment found in the Turda castrum in 1954, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol in the upper left corner and Mithras grasping the bull; remnants of a wreath are visible in the upper right.

CIMRM 1926

 

Altar of Aurelius Victorinus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Aurelius Victorinus.

CIMRM 1927

 

Altar of Flavius Marcellinus tessararius from Turda

Small altar found in the floor of a house at Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto by Flavius Marcellinus, tessararius.

CIMRM 1928

 

Altar of Aurelius Montanus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Invicto by Aurelius Montanus, miles of Legio V Macedonica.

CIMRM 1929

Brothers attested in Potaissa

Aelius Maximus

Aelius Maximus

Inscriptions from Potaissa

Tauroctony from Aelius Maximus of Turda

Ael[ius] Maximus miles / leg[ionis] V Mac[edonicae] v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] p[osuit].
Aelius Maximus, soldier of the Legio V Macedonica, willingly fulfilled his vow and placed [this].

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