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Carnuntum

Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.

Mithraic monuments of Carnuntum

 

Mithraeum I of Carnuntum

According to the scarcely detailed design of von Sacken, the lay-out of the temple must have been nearly semi-circular.

CIMRM 1664

 

Mithraeum II of Carnuntum

The second temple devoted to Mithras in Carnuntum is situated besides a Jupiter's temple.

CIMRM 1681

 

Mithraeum III of Carnuntum

Mithraeum III found in the west part of Petronell near Hintausried in August 1894 by J. Dell and C. Tragau.

CIMRM 1682

 

Great Tauroctony of Carnuntum Mithraeum III

Monumental painted tauroctony dedicated by Titus Flavius Viator, with traces of its original polychromy and fittings for metal rays on Mithras’ Phrygian cap.

CIMRM 1683

 

Felsgeburt des Mithras

Mithras Petrogenitus, born from the rock, from the Mithraeum of Carnuntum III.

CIMRM 1687

 

Inscription by Propinquus of Carnuntum

On this slab, Gaius Iulius Propinquus indicates that he made a wall of the Mithraeum at his own expense.

CIMRM 1693

 

Lion of Carnuntum III

Exceptional sculpture of a lion devouring a bull’s head founded in 1894 in Carnuntum, Pannonia.

CIMRM 1690

 

Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus

This altar bears the oldest known Latin inscription to the god Mithras, written Mitrhe.

CIMRM 1718

 

Tauroctony relief of Carnuntum

This relief found at Carnuntum represents Mithras slaughtering the bull, without the scorpion, in the sacred cave.

 

Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares

Altar with Cautes and Cautopates dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras as protector of the Tetrarchy in 3rd-century Carnuntum.

CIMRM 1697

 

Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum

Aelius Nigrinus dedicated this small altar in Carnuntum to the rock from which Mithras was born.

CIMRM 1674

 

Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum

This monument to Mithras and Cautes (or Cautopates) was erected in Carnuntum by the centurion Flavius Verecundus of Savaria.

CIMRM 1671

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Inscriptions from Carnuntum

Great Tauroctony of Carnuntum Mithraeum III

T[itus] Fl[avius] Viato[r] condi fe[cit].
Titus Flavius Viator had (this) built.

Inscription by Propinquus of Carnuntum

C[aius] Iul[ius] Propin/quos [sic] pariete[m] / ex voto / impensa sua.
Caius Iulius Propinquos, following a vow, made the wall at his own expense.

Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus

Invicto Mitrhe / C. Sacidius Ba/rbarus [c[enturio]] leg[ionis] / XV Apol[linar[is]] / ex voto ....
To the invincible Mithras, Caius Sacidius Barbarus, centurion of the XV Apollinaris legion, upon a vow.

Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares

D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / fautori imperii sui / Iovii et Herculii / religiosissimi / Augusti et Caesares / sacrarium / restituerunt.
To the god Sol Invictus Mithras, the protector of their empire, the most devout followers of Jupiter and Hercules, the Augusti and Caesares, restored this shrine.

Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum

Petrae / Genetrici / P[ublius] Ael[ius] Nigri/nus sacerd[os] / v[otum] s[olvit].
To the Petra Genetrix, Publius Aelius Nigrinus, priest, has fulfilled his vow.

Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum

D[eo] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] C[aute ?] / T[itus] Flavius / Verecundus / Cl[audia] Savaria / [centurio] leg[ionis] XIIII / g[eminae] M[artiae] v[ictricis] / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the Invincible God Mithras, [and to] Cautes, Titus Flavius Verecundus of the Claudia tribe from Savaria, centurion of the Legio XIV Gemina of Mars the Conqueror, willingly, gladly, and deservedly fulfilled his vow.

Altar of Adiectus from Carnuntum

D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / Adiec[tus] / ser[vus] T[iberii] C[laudii?] v ... / gen[itori] lum[inis] / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the invincible god Mithras, Adiectus, slave of Tiberius C[---] V[---], progenitor of light [?], fulfilled his vow willingly, joyfully and justly.

Mithras birth from Petronell

D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / Vindilius?] Cupitus / sig[nifer] leg[ionis] XIIII g[eminae] A[ntoninianae] et / Vind[ilius?] Iulianus / voto] p[osuerunt] patre Paterno.
To the Unconquered God Mithras, Vindilius [?] Cupitus, standard-bearer of the Fourteenth Twin Legion of Antoninus, and Vindilius [?] Julianus, placed [this] in fulfillment of a vow, with Paternus as father [of the ceremony].

Tauroctony from Carnuntum

D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] / Aur[elius] Mac[er[?]] / v[otum] s[olvit] / [l[ibens] m[erito]].
To the god Sol Invictus Mithras, Aurelius Macer[?] gladly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.

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