Mithras in Venetia

La grotta del Mitreo

The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.

Tauroctony from Aquileia

The relief of the Mithraic tauroctony of Aquiliea is currently on display in Vienna.

CIMRM 736

Inscription by Velox of Aquileia

Marble slab with inscription by Velox for the salvation of the chief of the iron mines of Noricum.

CIMRM 747

Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana

A certain Blastia or Blastianus made a dedication to Mithras and Silvanus on an altar in Emona, Italy.

CIMRM 1463

Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras

This altar to Mithras found in Aquilieia mentions several persons of a same community.

CIMRM 741

Tauroctonia del Mitreo de Duino

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Altar of Bergamo

This altar to Deo Invicto was found during the excavation of the Monastero Delle Benedettine di Santa Grata in Bergamo, with a bronze calf’s head on top.

CIMRM 710

Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia

This monument to the invincible god Mithras was inscribed on the façade of the church of Aiello deil Friuli, Aquileia.

CIMRM 745

Petrogeny from Aquileia

This fragment of a sculpture depicting the birth of Mithras from a rock, intertwined with a chaotic mass of serpent coils, was discovered in Aquileia, Italy.

Tauroctony on yellow carnelian from Udine

Yellow lenticular carnelian gem probably from Aquileia, now in Udine, depicting a Mithraic scene nearly identical to the Florence jasper.

CIMRM 2355

Altar fragment from Ljubljana

Fragment of a small altar from Ljubljana, ancient Emona in Pannonia Superior, preserving a dedication to Invicto Mithrae by a dedicant whose name ends in -quartus; the Mithraic attribution is not entirely certain.

CIMRM 1462

Ara in the shape of a mystic chest dedicated to Deo Mithrae Soli from Aquileia

An altar in the shape of a mystic chest found at Aquileia in 1828, inscribed with a brief dedication to the Deity Mithras Sol.

CIMRM 748

Aquileia

Aquileia, now a small municipality in north-eastern Italy, was one of the largest cities in the world in the 2nd century AD, with a population of 100,000.

Belignae

Belignae is associated with archaeological material from the Roman landscape of Venetia.

Bergomum

Bergamo is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately 40 km northeast of Milan, and about 30 km from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como and Iseo and 70 km from Garda and Maggiore.

Cataio

Cataio is associated with archaeological material from the Euganean area of Venetia.

Emona

Emona or Aemona was a Roman castrum, located in the area where the navigable Nauportus River came closest to Castle Hill, serving the trade between the city’s settlers – colonists from the northern part of Roman Italy – and the rest of the empire.

Torcello

Torcello is associated with the lagoon landscape of Venetia and later settlement activity.

Verona

Verona was an important Roman city in northern Italy.

Villa Vicentina

Villa Vicentina is associated with archaeological material from the Roman territory of Venetia.

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