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Monumentum

Tauroctony statue from the Piazza Giudea area, Rome

A tauroctony statue once in the Collection Santa Croce near the Piazza Giudea in Rome, showing Mithras as bullkiller with a broad belt around the bull's body, the arms of the god and the bull's horns broken off.

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Updated on May 2026

Statue, once in the Collection Santa Croce near the Piazza Giudea.Mithras as a bullkiller. Around the bull's body only the upper part has been preserved, with a broad belt. Mithras' left arm and his right arm as far as the elbow have got lost; the bull's horns and the front part of the muzzle are broken off.

CIMRM II 619
Piazza Giudea is now incorporated in Piazza Cairoli.

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