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The New Mithraeum Database

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Inscription of M. Calvius Satullio from the Angera Mithraeum

An inscription on the altar base from the Mithraeum at Angera, recording that M. Calvius Satullio dedicated a base to Jupiter Optimus Maximus on behalf of the inhabitants of the vicus Sebuinus.

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Marble altar base with mythological reliefs from the Angera Mithraeum

A white marble altar base from the Mithraeum at Angera, decorated with palmettes, eagles carrying a festoon and rosettes on the front, dolphins on the reverse, and on each side mythological scenes of Jupiter and Neptune combatting Giants with snake-feet.

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Six decorated marble columns from the Angera Mithraeum

Six small marble columns found in the Mithraeum at Angera in northern Italy: two plain-fluted, two carved with palm stems and lion's and Gorgon's heads alternating on the upper ledge, and two with serpentine coils and griffins flanking an amphora…

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Black marble cippus dedicated to Cautopates by G. Munatius Tiro from Val Camonica

A black marble cippus from Val Camonica with clear but inelegant lettering, dedicated to Cautopates by G. Munatius Tiro, a duovir iure dicundo, and his son G. Munatius Fronto.

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Inscription of L. Apisocius Successus for his patrons from Val Camonica

An inscription from the place called La Oneda near Breno in Val Camonica, dedicated to Sol Divinus by L. Apisocius Successus for himself and his four patrons Marcus, Gaius, Lucius and Quintus, with a dagger with ribbons carved below.

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Inscription of Sextus Dugius Valentio, sevir augustalis, from Brescia

An inscription from Brescia (ancient Brixia) recording an ex-voto dedication to Sol Deus Invictus by Sextus Dugius Valentio, a sevir augustalis of the city.

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Inscription "Deo Soli" dedicated by the res publica from Brescia

An inscription found in the old monastery of San Giulia in Brescia (ancient Brixia), in the arch supporting the crypt of Santa Maria in Solario, recording a dedication to Deus Sol by the res publica.

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Inscription of C. Valerius Rufinus from Introbbio

An inscription found in 1883 at Introbbio in the Valsassina valley, recording a votive offering to the Invictus god by C. Valerius Rufinus.

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Small base inscription of a negotiator from Vercelli

A small base found in 1874 at Vercelli (ancient Vercellae), bearing a partly legible dedication to the Invincible god by a negotiator named Suria.

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Inscription of L. Cassius Ianuarius from Verona

An inscription from Verona recording that L. Cassius Ianuarius, freedman of Lucius, dedicated a gift to Sol in glad fulfilment of a vow.

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Inscription "Soli deo" from an old stone architrave in Turin

A brief inscription reading "Soli deo", found on an old stone architrave in Turin (ancient Augusta Taurinorum) in Liguria.

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Two torchbearer heads in Phrygian caps from Turin

Two small heads wearing Phrygian caps, probably representing the Mithraic torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates, from Turin (ancient Augusta Taurinorum) and held in the Museum at Turin.

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Altar of C. Industrius Verus from Industria

An altar found in 1830 at the ancient site of Industria near Monteu da Po in Liguria, bearing a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by C. Industrius Verus.

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Marble slab inscription to Sol Mithras from Tortona

A fragmentary inscription on the right side of a marble slab from Tortona (ancient Dertona) in Liguria, partially legible as a dedication to Deus Sol Mithras Invictus.

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Cautes torchbearer relief fragment from Ganaceto near Modena

A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.

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Angera (Angera)

Roman settlement on the southern shore of Lacus Verbanus (Lake Maggiore) in Transpadana, known for Mithraic inscriptions and a cave sanctuary traditionally identified as a Mithraeum.

Monumentum

Possible Mithraeum remains from San Zeno, near Trento

Wall remnants found deep underground at San Zeno near Trento, possibly indicating a Mithraeum, discovered alongside Roman coins, lost bronze figures and a small gold disc decorated with an ear of corn or a sword.

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Inscription of Marius from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A fragmentary inscription on the lower border of the limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio near Trento, partially reading a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by Marius.

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Limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A limestone low-relief tauroctony fragment found in 1869 near the entrance of the valley of San Zeno di Romedio in the Trentino, now in the Museum at Trento, showing a primitive Mithras bullkiller with Cautes upraised, the bust of Luna and an inscription on the lower border…

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Tauroctony relief fragment from San Zeno am Nonsberg, Trentino

A coarse-grained yellowish-white marble tauroctony relief fragment found walled in at San Zeno am Nonsberg in the Trentino in 1911, now in the Museum Ferdinandeum at Innsbruck, showing part of Mithras slaying the bull and Cautes raising a flaming torch.

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