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The New Mithraeum Database

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Syndexios

Gaius Valerius Avitus

Landowner from Augustobriga, transferred to Tarraco by Antoninus Pius and owner of the villa of Els Munts and its Mithraeum.

Monumentum

Mitreo dels Munts

A possible Mithraic sanctuary attached to the luxurious Roman villa of Els Munts, near ancient Tarraco, whose interpretation remains disputed.

Locus

Augustobriga (Muro de Ágreda)

Roman town founded on the site of the Celtiberian settlement of Arekorataz, beneath modern Muro de Ágreda in northern Hispania.

Monumentum

Slab of Cornelio from Trillo

A sandstone slab found along the border of the Tagus river near Thirmarum (modern Trillo, near Cifuentes in Guadalajara), recording an inscriptoiin by a certain Cornelius, freedman of Gaius.

Locus

Thirmarum (Trillo)

Thirmarum is recorded as a findspot for Mithraic material in Tarraconensis.

Monumentum

Signaculum of Caius Valerius Avitus

Bronze personal seal of a duovir of Tarraco and owner of the villa of Els Munts.

Locus

Vil·la dels Munts (Altafulla)

Aristocratic villa near Tarraco, capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, associated with Caius Valerius Avitus and a Mithraic sanctuary.

Monumentum

Altar dedicated to Cautes from Caldas de Reyes

An altar found in 1889 at Caldas de Reyes (ancient Iria Flavia) in Galicia, bearing a fragmentary dedication to Cautes, possibly by a person named Antonius.

Monumentum

Inscription fragment "(S)arapi(s)" from Mérida

A small marble fragment from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) bearing the fragmentary inscription (S)arapi(s), attesting to the veneration of Sarapis in proximity to the Mithraic sanctuary.

Monumentum

Marble statuette of a seated deity (Jupiter-Serapis?) from Mérida

A marble statuette found at Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) in 1902, representing a seated deity whose head, arms and feet are lost, tentatively identified as Jupiter-Serapis.

Locus

Benifaió (Benifaió)

The Roman remains of Benifaió, or Benifayó in Spanish, are located on the outskirts of the city. Of particular interest is a rustic villa inhabited between the 1st and 4th centuries according to the numismatic and ceramic remains found.

Locus

Capera (Cáparra)

Capera was a Roman town in Lusitania, today associated with Cáparra.

Locus

San Juan

The locality of San Juan is associated with archaeological discoveries from the Iberian provinces.

Locus

Iria Flavia (Padrón)

Iria Flavia became an important settlement in northwestern Hispania and later evolved into the modern town of Padrón.

Monumentum

Inscription "Soli Invicto Augusto Sacrum" from Capera

A square stone from La Oliva near Capera (modern Cáparra) in Extremadura, bearing an inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus Augustus.

Monumentum

Altar of A. Pompeius Abascantus dedicated to Sol from Badalona

An altar from Baetulo (modern Badalona) in Hispania Citerior, carved in a rock on a hill facing east opposite the town, recording a dedication to Sol Deus by A. Pompeius Abascantus.

Monumentum

Inscription of Q. Mamilius Capitolinus to Jupiter, Sol Invictus and Liber Pater from Astorga

An inscription from Asturica (modern Astorga), found beneath three military standards, recording a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Sol Invictus and Liber Pater by Q. Mamilius Capitolinus, juridical legate and later prefect of the Treasury of Saturn…

Monumentum

Sculptural fragments with foot and lion head from the Mérida Mithraeum

Sculptural fragments from the Mithraeum at Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), comprising a naked foot beside tree-trunk remnants and fragments of a marble seat or table decorated with an acanthus-leaf from which emerge the head and neck of a lion.

Monumentum

Marble statue of a standing woman in chiton from Mérida (No. 790)

A marble statue from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), depicting a standing woman in a long chiton, now in the museum at Mérida, with head lost.

Monumentum

Marble statue of a standing woman in chiton from Mérida (No. 789)

A marble statue found at Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida) in 1913, depicting a standing woman in a long chiton, now in the museum at Mérida, with head lost.

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