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Monumentum

Inscription of Publius Proculinus, centurion, 252 A.D., from the Housesteads Mithraeum

An altar found in 1822 at the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Invictus Mithras Saecularis by Publius Proculinus, centurion, for himself and his son Proculus, during the consulship of Gallus and Volusianus in 252 A.D…

Monumentum

Inscription of Herion dedicated to Sol from the Housesteads Mithraeum

The inscription on the altar No. 858 from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), recording a vow willingly and with merit fulfilled by Herion to Sol.

Monumentum

Limestone statue of Aion from the Housesteads Mithraeum

A limestone statue from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), representing a standing male figure in short tunic with bare legs and feet, arms held tight along the body with clenched fists once holding attributes now lost, with part of a snake on his right arm…

Monumentum

Limestone tauroctony relief from the Housesteads Mithraeum

A large limestone tauroctony relief in several fragments from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), the vaulted main fragment showing Mithras slaying the bull with Cautes raising his torch beside the bull's foreleg, a crescent of Luna in the upper corner…

Monumentum

Marble statue of a standing deity (Poseidon?) from Mérida

A marble statue from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), depicting a standing dressed male person whose right leg leans against a tree-trunk and whose raised right arm once held a lance or trident, tentatively identified as Poseidon.

Monumentum

Inscription "Deo Mithrae" from a fullonica at Pula

A brief inscription reading D(eo) M(ithrae), found inside a fullonica at Pola (modern Pula) in a room that had once served as a vestibule.

Monumentum

Inscription of Feronius Censor dedicated to Sol Deus Invictus from Aquileia

An inscription found in the church of San Felice at Aquileia, recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Deus Invictus by Feronius Censor, with a head of Sol carved between the first two words.

Monumentum

Epistyle fragment "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from Aquileia

A fragmentary epistyle from Aquileia preserving part of the inscription [Deo In]victo [Mi]th[rae], indicating the presence of a Mithraic sanctuary in the city.

Monumentum

Inscription fragment of Marcianus, optio of the Second Legion, from Aquileia

A fragmentary inscription from Aquileia, probably dedicated to Cautopates, recording a soldier named Marcianus, optio of the Second Adiutrix Legion, who fulfilled his vow for the welfare of himself and his family.

Monumentum

Inscription of Q. Baienus Proculus pater nomimus from Aquileia

An inscription copied at San Marco's in Venice in 1829, recording a dedication by Q. Baienus Proculus, pater nomimus, to Sol.

Monumentum

Two inscriptions of Q. Baienus Proculus from Aquileia

Two inscriptions found at Aquileia in 1805, both dedicated by Q. Baienus Proculus as pater, the first to Cautopates and the second to Cautes.

Monumentum

Inscription of L. Atilius Pupinius from the vicus Vicciomitum in Milan

An inscription from the vicus Vicciomitum in Milan (ancient Mediolanum), recording a votive dedication to the Invincible Mithras by L. Atilius Pupinius on a site granted by decree of the town council.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Housesteads

The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.

Locus

Borcovicium (Housesteads)

Housesteads Roman Fort is the remains of an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England, south of Broomlee Lough.

Syndexios

Nero

Roman emperor whose ceremonial reception of Tiridates I of Armenia established one of the earliest recorded links between Mithras and the Roman imperial court.

Syndexios

Commodus

Roman emperor traditionally regarded as the first ruler initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras.

Locus

Cibinium (Sibiu)

Roman settlement of Dacia superior located in the area of present-day Sibiu in Romania. The site became an important urban and military centre, later developed into the medieval city known as Hermannstadt in German and Nagyszeben in Hungarian.

Monumentum

Tauroctony lower right from Oltenia

Right lower corner of a marble tauroctony relief from Oltenia, Dacia, preserving the lower portion of Mithras killing the bull.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Oltenia

Limestone tauroctony relief from Oltenia, Dacia, of unknown exact provenance, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.

Monumentum

Mithraeum of Burham

To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

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