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Locus

Florentia

Florentia was a Roman city in the Arno valley from which Florence originated.

Mithraic monuments of Florentia

 

Petrogeny from Florence

The sculpture of the birth of Mithras in Florence included the head of Oceanus.

CIMRM 666

 

Tauroctony statue fragment from Florence, Palazzo Corsini

A white marble tauroctony statue fragment in the Palazzo Corsini in Florence, possibly from the Florentine area, heavily restored, with the upper body of Mithras and the bull's hind quarter with scorpion preserved but hind-legs lost and the god's head replaced by a petasus.

CIMRM 664

 

Sculpted head from Florentia

Head formerly associated with Mithraic material but interpreted by Margarete Bieber as a dying Giant.

CIMRM 667

 

Tauroctony relief with torchbearers from Settignano, near Florence

A rectangular marble tauroctony relief found in Etruria, once in the Villa Martin at Settignano near Florence, showing Mithras slaying the bull with Cautes and Cautopates in Eastern attire cross-legged on either side and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners; now in the Archäologisches Museum, Florence.

CIMRM 668

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