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The New Mithraeum Database

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Locus

Istros (Istria)

Under Roman rule from the 1st century CE, Histria was incorporated into the province of Moesia. The city is noted on the Tabula Peutingeriana, which places it 11 miles from Tomis and 9 miles from Ad Stoma.

Monumentum

Goblet from Angers

The spherical ceramic cup found at the Mithraeum in Angers bears an inscription to the unconquered god Mithras.

Monumentum

Mithräum von Dieburg

There are references to two places of worship from Dieburg, whereby the Mithraeum, discovered in 1926.

Syndexios

Titus Flavius Saturninus

Veteran recalled to imperial service and sole named devotee of Mithras currently attested at Grumentum.

Monumentum

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…

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Nesce

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.

Monumentum

Tauroctony 593

This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.

Monumentum

Altar of Aemilius Chrysanthus to the Invincible Sol

Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from via di Borgo

This relief of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome bears the inscription of three brothers, two of them lions.

Monumentum

Upper part of marble column CIL VI 3728 from the Esquiline, Rome

Upper part of a small marble column with late 2nd- or 3rd-century lettering, bearing a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras and his sodality by actors from the Forum Suarium, excavated on the Esquiline.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from the Cortile del Belvedere

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

Monumentum

Altar from Zwiefalten

Square altar from Zwiefalten near Ulm, Raetia, found reused in the apse of a church; local tradition places the original sanctuary on a hilltop between Zell and Zwiefalten, or alternatively near Reichenstein.

Monumentum

Two-sided relief from Konjic

The mithraic relief of Konjic shows a Tauroctony in one side and a ritual meal in the other.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief with raven holding fruit from Villa Ludovisi, Rome

A bluish marble tauroctony relief once in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven perched on his cloak holding a heart-shaped fruit, the bull's tail ending in ears of grain, and the dressed busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners…

Monumentum

Marble relief of Mithras grasping the bull's horn from Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome

Marble relief formerly in the Palazzo Giustiniani showing Mithras slaying the bull while grasping one of its horns, with the dog, serpent, scorpion and torchbearers, and a krater before the feet of Cautes.

Monumentum

White marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Villa Giustiniani, Rome

White marble relief from the Casino of the Villa Giustiniani showing Mithras slaying the bull, whose tail ends in ears, with the usual torchbearers, dog, serpent, scorpion and raven, and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners.

Monumentum

Mithraic finds from San Zeno and Val di Non

Group of Mithraic finds distributed across different localities named San Zeno along the Verona–Brenner route.

Monumentum

Marble cippus of Kamenius from Rome

Marble cippus from the Quirinal residence of Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius preserving references to his Mithraic and other priestly functions.

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