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Siscia

Sisak is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, 57 km southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavina begins, with an elevation of 99 m.

Mithraic monuments of Siscia

 

Tauroctony from Sisak

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Sisak includes the zodiac and multiple scenes from the myth of Mithras.

CIMRM 1472

 

Bronze plaque of Sisak

This small bronze tabula ansata was dedicated to Mithras by two brothers, probably not related by blood.

CIMRM 1477

 

Cautes of Sisak

This marble relief of Cautes was found in 1863 in Sisak, Croatia.

CIMRM 1473

 

Altar by Aurelius Eutyches from Siscia

This altar, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Eutyches for the health of the Emperor Caracalla, was found in Sisak, Croatia, in 1899.

CIMRM 1476

 

Tauroctony from Sisak

This marble relief, found in Sisak, Croatia, shows Mithras killing the bull in a circle of corn ears, gods and some scenes from the Mithras myth.

CIMRM 1475

 

Inscription of Iucundus dispensator from Sisak

Inscription from the area of the castellum at Sisak, ancient Siscia, recording that Iucundus, imperial dispensator of Pannonia Superior, built a portico and an aparatorium for Deo invicto Mithrae ex voto.

CIMRM 1478

 

Altar to Iuppiter and Sol invictus from Sisak

Inscription from Sisak, ancient Siscia, dedicated to Iovi optimo maximo, Soli invicto, and the Genius loci by Aurelius Antiocianus; the Mithraic character is uncertain.

CIMRM 1479

Inscriptions from Siscia

Bronze plaque of Sisak

D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / Aurelius Heraclides / et Agathopus fra/tres v[otum] s[olverunt] l[ibentes] m[erito].
To the invincible god Mithras, Aurelius Heraclides and Agathopus, brothers, have fulfilled a vow willingly and deservedly.

Cautes of Sisak

Urbicus / Sisci/ano/rum.

Altar by Aurelius Eutyches from Siscia

S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] / pro sal[ute] / Imp[eratoris] Caesar[is] / M[arci] Aur[eli] Anto/nini P[ii] F[elicis] Aug[usti] / Aur[elius] Eutyches / ex voto.
To Sol Invictus Mithras, for the health of Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, Aurelius Eutyches [made this] in accordance with a vow.

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