Mithraic monuments of Apulum
Column of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
This is one of the at least three inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marcus to Mithras Invictus found in Alba Iulia, Romania.
Mithras Petrogenitus of Alba Iulia
Mithras born from the rock with a snake raising in coils around it.
CIMRM 1991
Mithraic stele from Alba Iulia
Mithraic stele, from Alba Iulia, Romania, with inscription.
CIMRM 1937
Tauroctony relief of Alba Iulia
The relief of Mithra slaying the bull from Apulum, Romania, has been missing until the scholar Csaba Szabó identified it in the diposit of the Arad Museum.
CIMRM 1938
Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.
CIMRM 1958
Altar by Valerius Maximianus from Apulum
This monument bears an inscription to Mithras by a well-known general of the Roman Empire.
CIMRM 1950
Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum
This relief of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated by the bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina, Marcus Ulpius Linus.
CIMRM 1955
Tauroctony from Euthices from Apulum
This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.
CIMRM 1935
Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
This altar dedicated to the Invincible Sol Mithra was found in 1878 in a cemetery in Alba Iulia.
CIMRM 1951
Tauroctony from Euhemerus from Alba Iulia
Several authors read the name Suaemedus instead of Euhemerus as the author of this mithraic relief from Alba Iulia, Romania.
CIMRM 1975
Brothers attested in Apulum
Inscriptions from Apulum
Column of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
Invicto / Mythrae / Diosco/rus Marci / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the Invincible Mithras, Dioscorus, servant of Marcus, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
Mithraic stele from Alba Iulia
D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] / pro salute inc/o{t}lumitate M[arci] Aur[eli] / Timotei et Aur[eli] M/aximi votum nun/cupavit solvitque / Euthyces eorum lib[ertus] / retulit.
To the invincible god Sol Mithras, [for the salvation and conser]vation of Marcus Aurelius Thimotheus and Marcus Aurelius Maximus, Euthyc[h]es, their freedman, [solemnly made a vow] and fulfilled it.
Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia
D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] T[itus] Aur[elius] F[abia] [tribu] Marcus vet[eranus] leg[ionis] XIII g[eminae].
To the invincible god Mithras, Titus Aurelius Marcus, a member of the Fabia tribe, veteran of the legion XIII Gemina.
Altar by Valerius Maximianus from Apulum
[Soli ? or Deo ?] invicto / Mitrae / M[arcus] Val[erius] Maxi/mianus / leg[atus] Aug[usti] / v[otum] s[olvit].
To Sol invincible Mithras, Marcus Valerius Maximianus, imperial legate, has fulfilled his vow.
Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum
[-?-] M. Ulp[ius] Linus imag[inifer] l[egionis] XIII G[eminae].
Marcus Ulpius Linus, bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina.
Tauroctony from Euthices from Apulum
D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / [pro salute et incolumi]tate M. Aurelii Timothei et Aur[elii] Maximii / [votum nuncupavit sol]vitq[ue] Euthices eorum l[ib[ertus]].
To the Unconquered Sun God Mithras, for the safety and well-being of M. Aurelius Timotheus and Aurelius Maximus. Euthices, their freedman, has made and paid his vow.
Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia
Soli i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / C[aius] Nummius / Amandus / qui et / templum.
To the Invincible Sol Mithras, Caius Nummius Amandus [made] this and the temple.
Tauroctony from Euhemerus from Alba Iulia
Deo invicto Mithr[a]e / Euhemerus ex voto / posuit.
The invincible god Mithras, Euhemerus put by a vow.
Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
Invicto / Mythrae / Diosco/rus Marci [servus] / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the Invincible Mithras, Dioscorus, servant of Marcus, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia
Invicto / Mythir/ae Chr/estion / v[otum] s[olvit].
To the invincible Mythra, Chrestion has fulfilled his vow.
Tauroctony from Aurelios Stephanos from Sibiu
Αὐρήλι[ο]ς Στέφανος θεῷ Μίθρᾳ / εὐχαριστήρι[ο]ν.
Aurelios Stephanos, to the god Mithras, in gratitude.
Inscription of Dioscorus
Invicto / Mythrae / Diosco/rus Marci / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the Invincible Mithras, Dioscorus, servant of Marcus, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
References
- Bricault, Veymers, Amoroso et al. (2021) The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Csaba Szabó (2013) Microregional manifestation of a private cult. The Mithraic Community of Apulum
- Csaba Szabó (2013) The mithraic statue of Secundinus from Apulum
- Csaba Szabó, George Valentin Bounegru, Victor Sava (2014) Mithras rediscovered. Notes on CIMRM 1938
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia in EDH
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia in EDH
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia in EDH
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Sextus Syntrophus in EDH
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Tauroctony of Euhemerus from Alba Iulia in EDH
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar by Valerius Maximianus from Apulum in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar of Nummius Amandus from Alba Iulia in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Column of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscription of Dioscorus in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Tauroctony of Euhemerus from Alba Iulia in EDCS
- Juan Ramón Carbó García (2010) Los cultos orientales en la dacia romana. Formas de difusión, integración y control social e ideológico
- Marcel Le Glay (1954) Le Mithraeum de Lambèse
- Ubi Erat Lupa. Statue of a torchbearer from Apulum in Ubi Erat Lupa
- Ubi Erat Lupa. Tauroctony relief from Apulum in Ubi Erat Lupa
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2024) M(arcus) Valerius Maximianus
- University of British Columbia. Apulum Mithraeum III Project
- CIMRM 1991 - Rockbirth of Mithras. Alba Iulia, Romania - Tertullian.org
