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The New Mithraeum Database

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Tibur (Tivoli)

Tivoli is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, 30 kilometres north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills.

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Tarquinia (Tarquinia)

Tarquinia, formerly Corneto, is an old city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, known chiefly for its ancient Etruscan tombs in the widespread necropoleis, or cemeteries, for which it was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. In 1922, i

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Spoletium (Spoleto)

Spoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines.

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Sentinum (Sassoferrato)

Sentinum was an ancient town located in the Marche region of Italy.

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Ostia (Ostia)

Ostia may have been Rome's first colony. According to legend, Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, destroyed the area and founded the colony. An inscription seems to confirm the foundation of the ancient castrum of Ostia in the 7th century BC.

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Ocriculum (Otricoli)

Otricoli is a town and comune in the province of Terni, Umbria, central Italy.

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Nersae (Nesce)

Pescorocchiano is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about 60 kilometres northeast of Rome and about 30 kilometres southeast of Rieti. Pescorocchiano borders the following municipalities: Borgorose, Carsoli

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Neapoli (Naples)

Naples has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age. In the 2nd millennium BC, the Mycenaeans settled in the area. During the Roman period, Naples maintained its Greek language and customs, and greatly expanded.

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Mediolanum (Milan)

Mediolanum, the ancient city where Milan now stands, was originally an Insubrian city, but afterwards became an important Roman city in northern Italy.

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Marino (Marino)

Marino has been inhabited by Latin tribes since the 1st millennium BC. During the Roman Republic it was a summer resort for Roman patricians who built luxurious villas in the area.

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Macerata (Macerata)

Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.

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Carsulae (San Gemini)

Carsulae was a Roman municipium in the region of Umbria, now preserved as an archaeological site, about 4 km north of the small town of San Gemini. Its foundation dates back to 220 BC with the construction of the Via Flaminia.

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Capua (Santa Maria Capua Vetere)

Capua is currently a city and comune in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated 25 km north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.

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Caere (Cerveteri)

Caere is the Latin name given by the Romans to one of the larger cities of southern Etruria, modern Cerveteri, some 50-60 kilometres north-west of Rome.

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Aquileia (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.

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Appius Claudius Tarronius Dexter

Neapolitan senator who dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras tauroctonus to the Almighty God Mithras.

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Album of Portus

This marble tablet found at Portus Ostiae mentions a pater, a lion donor and a series of male names, probably from a Mithraic community.

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Vettius Agorius Praetextatus

One of the most eminent representatives of late antique pagan religiosity, combining high civic authority with deep initiation into multiple mystery traditions, including the cult of Mithras.

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Tauroctony from Syracuse

The Mithra Tauroctonos from Syracuse, Sicily, is currently on display in the city's archaeological museum.

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Greek dedication to Mithras from Aenaria

This small Greek dedication from the island of Aenaria invokes Helios Mithras under the epithet “unconquered”.

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