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Syndexios

Marcus Valerius Maximianus

Clarissimus knight and legate born in Poetovio that helped to disseminate the cult of Mithras in the African provinces.

Provincia

Britannia inferior

Along the northern frontier of Roman Britain, Britannia inferior preserves important evidence linked to military and frontier communities.

Provincia

Britannia superior

Britannia superior preserves a substantial body of Mithraic evidence associated with military sites and urban centres of Roman Britain.

Provincia

Alpes Graiae

The high mountain routes of Alpes Graiae formed part of the Alpine corridors connecting Italy, Gaul and the northwestern provinces.

Monumentum

Tauroctony stele from Nicopolis ad Istrum

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.

Monumentum

Altar with donor lists from Solin

This inscribed limestone altar from Roman Salona preserves several lists of ministers associated with the Tritones collegium during the Tetrarchic period.

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Mithra’s statue from Boztepe Hill

This eulogy of Saint Eugene of Trapezos tells how, in the time of Diocletian, he and two other Christian fellows destroyed a statue of Mithras.

Monumentum

Graffiti to Kamerios from Dura Europos Mithraeum

The text mentions a certain Kamerios, described as immaculate miles.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Santo Domingo de Silos

Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

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Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana

A certain Blastia or Blastianus made a dedication to Mithras and Silvanus on an altar in Emona, Italy.

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Altars of Dura Europos

Three plaster altars within the main altar of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos, two of them with traces of fire and cinders.

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Altar with inscription of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

This is one of several marble inscriptions made by a certain Caelius Ermeros, who was the antistes of the Mithraeum of the Imperial Palace.

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Altar from Skelani by Hostilius

This damaged monument of a certain Hostilius from Malvesiatium, now Skelani, bears an inscription apparently to Mithras transitus.

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Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri

This inscription by a certain Memmius Placidus is the first ever found signed by a Heliodromus.

Monumentum

Inscription of Aphrodisius

This inscription by a certain Aphrodisius was found under the old city hall of Algiers.

Monumentum

Aion from Rome

Lion-head god with traces of red paint found in Rome.

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Altar of Chrestion from Alba Iulia

In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Santa Maria Capua Vetere

The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.

Monumentum

Fresco of a knight and a black figure from Hawarte

This painting depicts an Iranian knight holding in a chain a black naked figure with two heads.

Monumentum

Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.

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