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Monumentum

Altar of Quintus Marcius Victor Maximillianus from Apulum

Altar from Apulum, Dacia, found in 1715, dedicated to Soli by Quintus Marcius Victor Felix Maximillianus, legatus Augusti of Legio XIII Gemina, together with his wife Pullaiena Caeliana and his son.

Monumentum

Rock-birth statue from Mureș Port

Dark sandstone statue from Mureș Port, Dacia, depicting Mithras's rock-birth with the rock encircled by a serpent; the statue's attribution to Mureș Port rather than Apulum is uncertain.

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Altar of Lucius Valerius Felix from Partoș

Limestone altar found in Partoș, Dacia, dedicated to Deo Soli by Lucius Valerius Felix.

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Altar with Sol pediment from Mureș Port

Limestone altar from Partoș or Mureș Port, Dacia, found in 1852, with a triangular pediment containing the head of Sol in a twelve-rayed crown and nimbus, flanked by a patera on the right and a jug on the left.

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Altar of Lucanus to Deo invicto omnipotenti from Mureș Port

Inscription from Mureș Port, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto omnipotenti Mithrae by Lucanus, who fulfilled his vow.

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Altar of an Augustalis from Mureș Port

Limestone altar from Mureș Port near Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae; the dedicant is identified only as Augustalis (coloniae?).

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Altar of Aurelius Montanus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Invicto by Aurelius Montanus, miles of Legio V Macedonica.

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Altar of Flavius Marcellinus tessararius from Turda

Small altar found in the floor of a house at Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto by Flavius Marcellinus, tessararius.

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Altar of Aurelius Victorinus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Aurelius Victorinus.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Turda castrum

Marble relief fragment found in the Turda castrum in 1954, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol in the upper left corner and Mithras grasping the bull; remnants of a wreath are visible in the upper right.

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Altar of Aurelius Dolens from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, recording a dedication by Aurelius Dolens, miles of a legion, ex voto.

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Tauroctony relief with corn-ear tail from Turda

Fragment of a white marble tauroctony relief from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, depicting the bull-slaying with the bull's tail ending in three corn-ears, the dog, serpent, and scorpion.

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Inscription of Iulius Iulianus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, recording that Iulius Iulianus erected the monument ex voto.

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Tauroctony relief with inscription from Turda

Lost white marble tauroctony relief from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, depicting the bull-slaying with dog, serpent, and scorpion; the inscription in the lower border named the dedicant Iulius Iulianus.

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Altar of the Augustales from Cluj

Limestone altar from Cluj, ancient Napoca in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the ordo Augustalis.

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Altar of Marcus Cocceius Genialis from Cluj

Inscription from Cluj, ancient Napoca in Dacia, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by Marcus Cocceius Genialis, vir egregius, procurator Augustorum of Dacia Porolissensis.

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Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni

This sculpture from Dobrosloveni, Romania, depicts the petrogenesis of Mithras, with a hole through the generative rock from which water flowed.

Locus

Sarmizegetusa (Doştat)

Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa was the capital and the largest city of Roman Dacia, later named Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa after the former Dacian capital, located some 40 km away. The city was destroyed by the Goths.

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Tauroctony from Reșca

Tauroctony relief fragment with torchbearer and scene of Mithras’ rockbirth from Romula, Romania.

Locus

Romula (Reșca)

Romula or Malva was an ancient city in Roman Dacia, later the village of Reşca, Dobrosloveni Commune, Olt County, Romania.

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