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The New Mithraeum Database

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Filtering by Country: France gave 274 results.

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Burdigala (Bordeaux)

Around 300 BC, Burdigala was the settlement of a Celtic tribe, the Bituriges Vivisci. The Romans conquered the area in 60 BC and made Burdigala the capital of the Roman province of Aquitania during the reign of Emperor Vespasian.

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Epamantodurum (Mandeure)

Mandeure is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

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Argentoratum (Strasbourg)

Argentoratum or Argentorate was the ancient name of Strasbourg. Its name was first mentioned in 12 BC, when it was a Roman military outpost established by Nero Claudius Drusus. The Legio VIII Augusta was stationed there from 90 AD.

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Vesontio (Besançon)

Vesontio was an important urban centre of Roman Gaul, today Besançon.

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Laurent Bricault

Professeur d’histoire romaine à l’Université de Toulouse Jean-Jaurès.

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Sequana

Sequana refers to the Seine region and its associated cult landscape in Roman Gaul.

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Vienna (Vienne)

Vienna was the capital of the Allobroges, a Gallic people, until it was conquered by the Romans in 47 BC. It became a Roman provincial capital, conveniently located on the Rhône, then a major communication route.

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Glanum (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence)

Glanum was an important Roman town in Narbonensis near modern Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.

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Colonia Iulia Vienna (Vienne)

The city of Vienna, modern Vienne, became one of the principal urban centres of Roman Gaul along the Rhône corridor.

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Interanum

Interanum is recorded as a findspot for Mithraic material in Roman Gaul.

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Vasio (Vaison-la-Romaine)

Vaison-la-Romaine is a town in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Vaison-la-Romaine is famous for its rich Roman ruins and mediaeval town and cathedral. The old town is split into two parts: the

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Murviel (Murviel-lès-Montpellier)

Murviel-lès-Montpellier is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

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Elusa (Eauze)

Eauze is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

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Soulan (Soulan)

Soulan is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.

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Dyo (Dyo)

Dyo is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

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Intaranum (Entrains-sur-Nohain)

Entrains-sur-Nohain is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.

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Apta Julia (Apt)

Apt is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Arelate (Arles)

The Romans took Arelate from the Ligurians in 123 BC and made it an important city by building a canal towards the Mediterranean. Present-day Arles has preserved many Roman buildings.

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