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The New Mithraeum Database

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CIMRM 905

According to PA II, 1907-8, 204 (d. BATH 1908) there must be a vase or plate with a Mithras representation in the Archaeological Seminary of the Uni- versity of Vienne.

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Valerian

Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.

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Tiberius Claudius Balbilus

Scholar, politician and a court astrologer to the Roman emperors Claudius, Nero and Vespasian.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 1231

Small votive altar in white limestone from Aquae Mattiacae, dedicated to Deo Invicto by a miles pius. The top preserves the head of Cautes with his raised torch.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 1019

Fragment of an alabaster relief from Cologne with part of a tauroctony scene. Only the tip of Mithras’ Phrygian cap and small narrative details above are preserved.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 1017

A small limestone altar from Bandorf near Oberwinter dedicated to Deo Invicto Regi. Found in an isolated structure not resembling a mithraeum, its function remains uncertain.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 1704

An oval carnelian gem from Carnuntum showing Mithras tauroktonos in a grotto. Sol and Luna appear above, with both torchbearers and a small altar before the bull.

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Titus Martialius Candidus

Dedicated two altars to Cautes and Cautopates in Saalburg.

 
Monumentum

Lion from Les Bolards

A limestone lion holding a flowing urn, discovered at the entrance of the Mithraeum of Les Bolards, reflects the ritual significance of water within the cult of Mithras.

 
Monumentum

Aion gold figurine from Geneva

This small golden figurine seems to represent the Mithraic god Aion, as usual surrounded by a serpent.

 
Monumentum

Mitreo presso Porta Romana

Excavated in 1919, the Mithraeum near the Roman Gate was installed in the 3rd century within a larger building complex.

 
Monumentum

Two-sided relief of Dieburg

The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.

 
Monumentum

Mithras with bow from Dieburg

Statue in yellow sandstone found in the pit of the Mithraeum of Dieburg, showing Mithras standing beside an altar with bow and arrow, accompanied by a vase and associated with the water miracle.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 65

Greek graffiti scratched on wall plaster, recording a list of everyday expenses from Dura-Europos, Roman Syria.

 
Monumentum

Mercury of Stockstadt

The Stockstadt Mercury carries a purse and a small child around which a snake is coiled.

 
Monumentum

Mithraeum I of Stockstadt

The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.

 
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CIMRM 1198

Red sandstone altar from Stockstadt, featuring a square cavity in the front that contained a fragment of crystal and a small lamp.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 1006

Sandstone base from Vetera (Xanten), Germania Inferior, with a relief of Cautes in Oriental dress holding a long burning torch.

 
Monumentum

Mithräum von Ober-Florstadt

Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.

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