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Locus

Romula

Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania.

Mithraic monuments of Romula

 

Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni

This sculpture from Dobrosloveni, Romania, depicts the petrogenesis of Mithras, with a hole through the generative rock from which water flowed.

CIMRM 2170

 

Tauroctony from Reșca

Tauroctony relief fragment with torchbearer and scene of Mithras’ rockbirth from Romula, Romania.

CIMRM 2164

 

Tauroctony relief from Romula

Yellow marble tauroctony relief from Romula, Dacia, found in 1912, depicting the standard bull-slaying with Sol and Luna in the upper corners.

CIMRM 2171

 

Second tauroctony relief from Romula

White marble tauroctony relief fragment from Romula, Dacia, now in Turnu Severin; the composition is partially preserved.

CIMRM 2172

 

Inscription of Phoebus for Deo Soli from Romula

Inscription from Romula, Dacia, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by A. Phoebus, a freedman, ex voto.

CIMRM 2173

 

Altar fragment from Romula

Marble altar fragment from Romula, Dacia, with only the letters DE carved out, tentatively supplemented as De[o Soli invicto]; the attribution is questionable.

CIMRM 2174

 

Two-bull fragment from Romula

Marble relief fragment from Romula, Dacia, showing traces of two bulls; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.

CIMRM 2175

 

Sol in quadriga from Romula

Fragment of the right part of a marble relief from Romula, Dacia, depicting Sol standing in a four-horse chariot.

CIMRM 2176

 

Altar of Aurelius Rufus from Romula

Sandstone altar from Romula, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Aurelius Rufus ex voto, with the busts of Sol and Luna flanking the text.

CIMRM 2177

 

Mithras's foot on bull from Romula

Fragment of a relief from Romula, Dacia, preserving the right foot of Mithras placed on a hoof of the bull.

CIMRM 2178

 

Horse feet fragment from Romula

Marble relief fragment from Romula, Dacia, bought in Resca in 1933, preserving the feet and forepart of a horse — possibly from a scene of Mithras ascending Sol's chariot.

CIMRM 2179

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