Evidence from Tripolitania illustrates the circulation of Mithraic cults through coastal cities, commercial mobility and long-distance communication routes extending across the southern Mediterranean. The province formed part of the interconnected urban world of Roman Africa.
Mithraic monuments of Tripolitania
Altar to Sol Invictus from Bu-Gnem
Limestone keystone dedicated to the invincible Sun by Peticius Pastor and preserved at Lepcis Magna.
CIMRM 116
Limestone base from Leptis Magna
Second limestone base from the Forum Vetus at Leptis Magna bearing the inscription of Aristius Antiochus, with fragments of a torchbearer figure in Eastern attire.
CIMRM 110
Marble head of Mithras from Leptis Magna
Small marble head probably of Mithras tauroctonus from Leptis Magna, now Khoms.
CIMRM 111
Mithraic inscription from Lepcis Magna
Epigraphic monument from Tripolitania preserving a corrected reading discussed in later scholarship.
CIMRM 112
Mithraic monuments from Lepcis Magna
Group of monuments from Lepcis Magna published among the principal Mithraic remains of Roman Tripolitania.
CIMRM 108-109a
Statue in Oriental dress from Leptis Magna
Statue of a standing person in eastern attire in red, local limestone with inscription.
CIMRM 108
Torchbearer statues from Lepcis Magna
Fragmentary remains of statues identified as representations of the Mithraic torchbearers.
CIMRM 109b
Places in Tripolitania
Leptis Magna
Leptis or Lepcis Magna, also known by other names in antiquity, was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya at the mouth of the Wadi Lebda in the Mediterranean.
