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Fresco of Cautopates from Capua

Fresco depicting Cautopates in Eastern attire between two laurels, cross-legged, pointing his torch downwards over a burning altar, from the Mithraeum of Capua.

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Updated on May 2026

Fresco (H. 1.08 Br. 0.95) on the South wall above the beginning of the podium. Minto, l.c., fig. 8; Campanile, l.c., fig. 4.Representation of Cautopates between two laurels and in Eastern attire. He points down his torch above a burning altar; in the upraised l.h. a bundle of twigs. Cross-legged.

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