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Inscription "Soli Milace Atticus" from the Sol altar at Pula

The inscription on the votive altar No. 756 from Pola (modern Pula), reading Soli above the head of Sol and Milace / Atticus under the head, recording the dedication by a person named Atticus.

Monumentum

Inscription "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from the Theodosian walls at Aquileia

A fragmentary inscription found in the foundations of the Theodosian walls at Aquileia, recording a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by ...ntius Manilianus.

Monumentum

Inscription of C. Calidius Agathopus, sevir augustalis of Aquileia

An inscription from Aquileia recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Invictus Mithras by C. Calidius Agathopus, a member of the college of the seviri Augustales of Aquileia.

Syndexios

Alfius Severus

Alfius Severus was a prominent figure associated with the Mithraeum of Marino, probably acting as pater of a small Mithraic community connected with the nearby peperino stone quarries.

Monumentum

Serapis head of Walbrook

The head of Serapis found at Walbrook, London, is decorated with stylised olive branches.

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Stela of Mithras Invictus from Mandeure

Stela dedicated to Mithras Invictus, found in 1895–1896 at Epamantodurum (modern Mandeure), in the territory of the civitas Sequanorum (Gallia Belgica). The inscription records a vow to Mithras Invictus made for the welfare of Sextus Maenius Pudens.

Monumentum

Marble altar to Sol Invictus Mithras from Via Venti Settembre, Rome

A marble altar found in 1873 between the Baths of Diocletian and the Via di Porta Pia in Rome, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Sextus with Titus Flavius Ianuarius as antistes.

Monumentum

Tauroctony relief exposed at the Hermitage Museum

The relief marble of Mithras sacrifying the bull, exposed on the Hermitage Museum comes from Rome.

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Tauroctony 593

This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.

Monumentum

Greek inscription of Balbillus from Rome

Greek inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Balbillus, saved from the waters, in the presence of Bassus the priest, belonging to the Mithraic grade of Leo.

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Marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Palazzo Vaccari, Via del Tritone, Rome

Marble relief formerly in the Palazzo Alberoni and then the Palazzo Vaccari on Via del Tritone, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven on the god's cloak, the serpent, dog and scorpion, and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners.

Monumentum

Altar of Aemilius Chrysanthus to the Invincible Sol

Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.

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Probable Mithraeum on the Aventine between S. Saba and Via Salvator, Rome

Roman building on the Aventine between the eastern side of S. Saba and Via Salvator, probably used as a Mithraeum at the end of the 4th century, with a long corridor bearing three semicircular niches and a large external basin.

Monumentum

Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in the house of the Nummi Albani, Rome

Wall-painting of Mithras tauroktonos in fresco, discovered in 1886 in an underground room of the house of the Nummi Albani on the Quirinal (Via Firenze); the god wears a red cap and tunic, the torchbearers wear yellow or orange tunic and cap with green or brown anaxyrides…

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Small semi-round base dedicated to Mithras from the Quirinal Mithraeum, Rome

Small semi-round base found on the Monte Quirinale in Via Mazzarini, from a small Mithraeum, with a dedication to Mithras by T. Camurenus Philadelfus through Nonius Firmus pater.

Monumentum

Tauroctony from Viale Latino

Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

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Mithras pantocrator from the Villa Altieri

This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.

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Altar of Quintus Samacius Serenus from Dionysopolis

Inscription from Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae by Quintus Samacius Serenus, architectus salariarius of Legio XI Claudia.

Monumentum

Temple-front tauroctony from Tavalicavo

Large marble tauroctony relief from near Tavalicavo, Moesia Superior, with the shape of a temple façade: two columns supporting a pediment, the capital decorated with a head of Medusa, and the tauroctony in the central field.

Monumentum

Tauroctony with Sol and Luna from Pautalia

Marble tauroctony relief from the surroundings of Küstendil, ancient Pautalia in Moesia Superior, depicting the bull-slaying with torchbearers and Sol and Luna busts in the upper corners.

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