Monumentum
Consecration for Mars Meder
The relief of naked Roman soldier, wearing a mantle and a Phrygian cap, has been related to the Mithras' cult.
The New Mithraeum
23 Dec 2020
Updated on 28 Jan 2022
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Mythical figure: standing god (Mithras ?) with mantle around his shoulders and Phrygian cap (helmet ?), lance in his left hand, his right hand over the head of a bull standing behind him. Discovered before 1837 and rediscovered in 1911 at the Marienthal monastery.