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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mithraic sanctuary area at Vetera

Group of altars and a base indicating the existence of a Mithraeum near the Roman camp of Vetera.

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Leontocephaline figure from Frankfurt

This lion-headed figure from Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, holds a key and a shovel in his hands.

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Aion of Hedderneheim

The lion-headed statue of Hedderneheim is a reconstruction from fragments of two different sculptures.

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Mithäum II von Heddernheim

Second Mithraic sanctuary discovered in 1826 some 150 metres west of Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, with finds in the Wiesbaden museum.

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Mithräum I von Heddernheim

First Mithraic sanctuary discovered at Heddernheim (ancient Nida) in 1826, with finds preserved in the Städtisches Museum at Wiesbaden.

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Tauroctony from the Mithräum von Heddernheim

This relief is so well-known that it has been reproduced in nearly every handbook of archaeology and of history of religions.

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Red sandstone tauroctony from Heddernheim

Relief in red sandstone originally standing on a base in Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, featuring the bull-slaying scene.

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Torchbearer head from Heddernheim

Sandstone fragment from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, probably the damaged head of a torchbearer, often misidentified as Mercury.

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Mithraea of Heddernheim

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

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Nida (Frankfurt am Main)

Nida was an ancient Roman town in the area today occupied by the northwestern suburbs of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, specifically Frankfurt-Heddernheim, on the edge of the Wetterau region.

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Ad Enum (Mühltal am Inn)

Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany.

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Aquae Mattiacae (Wiesbaden)

Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main.

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Castra Regina (Regensburg)

Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen, Danube's northernmost point.

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Nemaninga (Stockstadt am Main)

Stockstadt am Main is a market municipality in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.

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Vetera (Xanten)

Vetera was the name of the location of two successive Roman legionary camps in the province of Germania Inferior near present-day Xanten on the Lower Rhine.

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Bodobrica (Boppard)

Vicus Baudobriga was a Roman settlement on the left bank of the Rhine, founded during the conquest of Gaul. Its development reflects the Rhine’s shifting role as frontier, trade route, and fortified border before Roman withdrawal.

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Vicus Vetonianus (Dieburg)

Settlement of prehistoric origin that developed into the Roman Vicus Vetonianus, modern Dieburg, incorporated into the civitas Auderiensium in Germania Superior and attested as an active centre during the Roman period.

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Güglingen (Güglingen)

Güglingen is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

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