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Monumentum

Tauroctony relief in peperino from near Vicus Matrini, Via Cassia

A badly damaged tauroctony relief carved in peperino, fixed high into a wall of the old farm known as Le Capanacce on the Via Cassia near Vicus Matrini in Etruria, showing Mithras as a bullkiller in a vaulted cave with serpent, the head and left arm of the god lost.

The New Mithraeum

Updated on May 2026

Relief of peperino, fixed at a great height into a wall of the old farm "Le Capanacce", situated on the main road between Le Capranicie-Vetralla, about 6 km from Vicus Matrini along the Via Cassia.In a vaulted cave Mithras as a bullkiller. The serpent creeping over the ground. Because of the damaged condition it cannot be said for sure whether raven and scorpion had also been represented. The head, left hand, arm and leg of Mithras are lacking. In the lower left corner an inscription.

CIMRM II 655
Capranica.

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