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The New Mithraeum Database

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Pula

A fragmentary limestone tauroctony relief found on the south slope of the Castellhügel at Pola (modern Pula) during the demolition of a wall, now in the Lapidary Museum at Pula, preserving the bull's body, the dog, the serpent, the scorpion and a standing cross-legged torchbearer…

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Ara in the shape of a mystic chest dedicated to Deo Mithrae Soli from Aquileia

An altar in the shape of a mystic chest found at Aquileia in 1828, inscribed with a brief dedication to the Deity Mithras Sol.

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Camuni (Val Camonica)

Camuni refers to the ancient people and territory of Val Camonica in northern Italy.

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Wallachia

The findspot of this monument is unknown, though it has traditionally been associated with the historical region of Wallachia.

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Vicus Altiajensium

The vicus Altiajensium formed part of the civilian settlement network associated with the Rhine frontier.

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Thun-Allmendingen (Thun)

Allmendingen near Thun occupies a strategic position between the Swiss plateau and Alpine communications routes.

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Tavalicavo

The identification of Tavalicavo remains uncertain, though it appears connected with the Balkan interior.

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Prope Apulum (Alba Iulia)

The designation Prope Apulum refers to discoveries made in the vicinity of Apulum within the wider archaeological landscape of central Dacia.

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Kral-Marko

The locality known as Kral-Marko belongs to the mountainous interior of the central Balkans.

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Aquae (Călan)

Aquae was associated with thermal springs and communications routes in the region of modern Călan.

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Alteburg-Heftrich (Heftrich)

The site of Alteburg-Heftrich formed part of the frontier landscape connected with the Upper Germanic limes.

Monumentum

Stone base with statue feet from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A small stone base with a rectangular decorated box on its right side, found in the bed of the river Nohain during railway construction at Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, bearing on its top the feet of a statue and the inscription of CIMRM 941…

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Hypothetical Mithraeum near the sources of the Seine

A suggestion by H. Corot that a Mithraeum may have existed near the sources of the Seine (ancient Sequana) in Lugdunensis, a hypothesis awaiting archaeological confirmation.

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Aion figurine from Auvergne

A small figure of Aion, said to have been found in the Auvergne region of Lugdunensis, resembling a similar piece in the Museum of Constantine, though no further details are known.

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Dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras from the colony of Elusatium

A dedication to the unconquered and propitious Sol Invictus Mithras, made by a priest named M. Pompeius on behalf of the divine house, the most sacred council, and the devout inhabitants of the colony of Elusatium (modern Eauze) in Aquitania.

Monumentum

Base of a Cautes statuette with inscription from Carlisle

The base of a statuette, preserving only one foot of Cautes, found at Luguvallium (modern Carlisle), bearing a dedication to Deus Cautes by Iulius, the archietus.

Monumentum

Marble relief of standing torchbearer from Cataio

A large relief in Italian marble kept in the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a standing torchbearer who holds his torch with both hands.

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Statue of Cautopates pointing torch at rock from Cataio

A marble statue from the south wall of the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire (Cautopates) with a sorrowful expression, standing beside a rock at which he points his torch.

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Cautopates relief from Torcello

A marble relief found on the small island of San Michele di Zampanigo near Torcello in the Venetian lagoon, now in the Museum of Torcello, showing a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire resting his head in his right hand and holding a downward-pointing torch (Cautopates), framed by poppies…

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Square base from a possible Mithraeum at Trento

A square base found in 1868 near the Sardagna waterfall at San Niccolò beside the ancient Roman road in Trento (ancient Tridentum), in ground full of debris suggesting a nearby necropolis and possibly a Mithraeum.

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