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The New Mithraeum Database

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Monumentum

Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.

Syndexios

Marcus Aurelius Decimus

Governor of Numidia and prolific dedicator of monuments to Sol Mithras, Sol Invictus and other deities in late Roman North Africa.

Monumentum

Dedication to Sol Invictus from Lambaesis

Limestone slab dedicated to the invincible Sun by the governor Marcus Aurelius Decimus near the temple of Aesculapius.

Locus

Cuicul (Djemila)

Roman colonial city of Numidia, later known as Djémila, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved late antique urban remains.

Locus

Castellum Tidditanorum (Tiddis)

Settlement in inland Numidia associated with the mountainous region south of Cirta and the wider network of North Africa.

Locus

Sitifis (Sétif (سطيف))

Setifis , was a Roman town located in northeastern Algeria.

Locus

Thagaste (Souk Ahras (سوق أهراس))

Thagaste was a Roman-Berber city in present-day Algeria, now called Souk Ahras.

Locus

Zarai (Zaraï (زراي))

Zaraï was a Berber, Carthaginian, and Roman town at the site of present-day Aïn Oulmene, Algeria.

Locus

Sidi Okba (Sidi Okba (سيدي عقبة))

Sidi Okba is a commune in the Biskra Province, Algeria.

Locus

Mascula (Khenchela (خنشلة))

Mascula was an ancient Roman colonia in Numidia.

Locus

Thamugadi (Timgad (تيمقاد))

Timgad was a Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria.

Monumentum

Sol Invictus Mithrae inscription from Aïn-Tekria

Marble plate inscription dedicated to Deo Soli Invicto Mithrae for the wellbeing of Emperor Commodus, dated 180-192 A.D., from Aïn-Tekria.

Monumentum

Legion inscription from Ager Sitifensis

Inscription of the cohorts of Legion II Herculiae dedicated to Deus Invictus Mithras, dated after 285 A.D., from the Ager Sitifensis.

Monumentum

Sol Invictus inscription from Mozaïaville

Inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus with a votive formula pro salute, from Mozaïaville.

Monumentum

Centenarium Solis inscription from Bir Haddada

Marble plate recording the construction of a centenarium Solis by the governor Septimius Flavianus, found at Bir Haddada in the Ager Sitifensis, dated 315/316 A.D.

Monumentum

Bull-killing relief from Sétif

Relief depicting Mithras killing the bull in scaled armour, with Luna and Sol busts in the upper corners, found at the cavalry barracks of Sétif in 1861.

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