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Locus

Colonia

Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, usually just called Colonia, was the Roman settlement in the Rhineland that became the modern city of Cologne, now in Germany. It was the capital of Germania Inferior and the military headquarters of the region.
  • Cultic vase of Zeughausstraße, Cologne

    Cultic vase of Zeughausstraße, Cologne
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Cultic vase of Zeughausstraße, Cologne

    Cultic vase of Zeughausstraße, Cologne
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by Tiberius Claudius Romanius

    Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by Tiberius Claudius Romanius
    Carole Raddato 

Brothers active in Colonia

 

Mithraic monuments of Colonia

 

Mithräum von Köln II

A second Mithraeum was found in Cologne described by R. L. Grodon as of 'small importance'.

 

Cultic mithraic vase of Zeughausstraße

The Mithraic vase from Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Germany includes Sol-Mithras between Cautes and Cautopates, as well as a serpent, a lion and seven stars.

 

Inscription to Mithras by from Köln

Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by the veteran soldier Tiberius Claudius Romanius, from the Mithraeum II Köln, 3rd century.

Inscriptions of Colonia

D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) S(oli) s(ocio) / Tiberius Cl(audius) / Romaniu[s] / veteranu[s] / l(ibens) m(erito).
To the invincible sun god Mithras, ally of sol, Tiberius Claudius Romanius, veteran, willingly and deservedly.

Inscription to Mithras by from Köln