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The New Mithraeum Database

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Le Phallus

It is only when the penis stands up straight, that it emits semen, the source of life. It is then called the phallus and has been considered, since earliest prehistory the image of the creative principle, a symbol of the process by which the Supreme

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The Basilica and the archaeological area of San Clemente in Rome. A Guide to the Three Levels with Ground Plans

Guides, maps and additional information on the Basilica, the Mithraeum and the archaeological area of San Clemente.

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Altar of Stertinius Carpus from the Ponte Emilio Area, Rome

This altar bears an inscription to the health of the emperor Commodus by a certain Marcus Aurelius, his father and two other fellows.

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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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Mithraic stele from Alba Iulia

Mithraic stele, from Alba Iulia, Romania, with inscription.

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Mithraic exvoto of Dalmatia

The altar that now stands in Split was dedicated to Invincible Mithras for the health of a dear friend.

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Cautopates fragment on terra-sigillata from Alesia

Five fragments of a red terra-sigillata vessel showing Cautopates with his torch pointing downwards, in Eastern attire and cross-legged, with the hoof of the bull's hindleg before him, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis.

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Tauroctony on red terra-sigillata cup from Alesia

A red terra-sigillata cup bearing a relief tauroctony of Mithras, with Cautes and Cautopates cross-legged on either side, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis and now kept at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

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Mithraic finds from Alésia

Group of Mithraic objects now preserved in the museum of the Société des Sciences de Semur at Alésia.

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Tauroctony from Palermo

The assumed find-place of the Mithras Tauroctonus of Palermo is uncertain.

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Tauroctony from Monreale

On one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.

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Altar of Tihaljina

This altar, discovered in Grude, near Tihaljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bears an inscription by Pinnes, a soldier of the Cohors Prima Belgica.

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Mithréum de Valromey

This temple of Mithras has been discovered under the Church in Vieux-en-Val-Romey, in 1869.

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Altar of Vieu

This altar was dedicated by a son to his father, one of the few Patres Patrum recorded in the western provinces.

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The Mithraic Origin and Meanings of the Rotas-Sator Square

Moeller interprets the square as a Mithraic construction encoding cosmological, numerical, and theological structures of Roman mystery religion, rather than an early Christian cryptogram.

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Los cultos de Mater Magna y Atis en Hispania

Tercera entrega de la trilogía de Jaime Alvar dedicada al estudio de los cultos a dioses procedentes de Oriente en la Península Ibérica.

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The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the heart of a Roman cult

This catalogue proposes, thanks to the contributions of some 75 international experts, a new synthesis for a complex and fascinating cult that reflects the remarkable advances in our knowledge in recent decades.

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