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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mithraic vessel of Mainz

The Mithraic vase from Ballplatz in Mainz depicts seven figures arranged in two narrative sequences, commonly interpreted in relation to initiation rites.

 
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Two-sided relief from Konjic

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

 
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Tauroctony of Split

This damage relief of Mithras killing the bull was found walled into a house near Split, Croatia.

 
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Tauroctony of La Bâtie-Montsaléon

This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.

 
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Tauroctony relief from Crikvine

This relief of Mithras killing the sacred bull was found in 1908 near Klisa, in the surroundings of Salona, the ancient capital of Roman Dalmatia.

 
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Mithréum de La Bâtie-Montsaléon

During the excavations of 1804-1805, a series of monuments dedicated to Mithras and a temple were discovered at ancient Mons Seleucus.

 
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Round Tauroctony of Split

The round relief of Mithras killing the bull of Split is surrounded by a circle with Sun, Moon, Saturn and some unusual animals.

 
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Mithras Petrogenitus of Alba Iulia

Mithras born from the rock with a snake raising in coils around it.

 
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Tauroctony of Sî`

In the tauroctony of Jabal al-Druze in Syria, the snake appears to be licking the head of the bull's penis.

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Elagabalus

Roman emperor at the age of 14, from 218 to his death in 222, Elagabalus was a main priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa.

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Caracalla

Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.

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Callimorphus

Callimorphus was a cashier (arkarius) of the estates of Chresimus, steward of emperors.

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Curius Iuvenalis

Pater Curius Iuvenalis is attested in the first known monument dedicated by a Heliodromus.

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Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus

Dedicated an altar found in Gallia Narbonensis on the occasion of his elevation to the grade of Perses.

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Martius Martialis

Pater who offered several monuments, including a temple, in Augusta Treverorum.

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Valerius Florus

Governor of Numidia in 303, vir perfectissimus Valerius Florus was a well-known persecutor of Christians.

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Septimius Valentinus

Optio who erected several altars to Mithras in the Mithraeum of Sárkeszi.

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Absalmos

Of Semitic origin, Absalmos has dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras in ancient Syria.

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Publius Aelius Valerianus

Soldier of Legio XIII Gemina and strator consularis who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mithras.

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Salvius Novanio

Dedicated a relief of Mithras Tauroctonos in Macerata, Italy.

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