Monumentum
Altar to Mithras and Mars of Mainz
This altar has been unusually dedicated to both gods Mithras and Mars at Mogontiacum, present-day Mainz.
The New Mithraeum
13 Feb 2022
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Like Mercury, Mars is present in the cults of Mithras as the tutelary god of a rank, in this case that of the Soldier (miles). He appears in this capacity on historiated reliefs (CIMRM 307) or on the mosaics of certain
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