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Tauroctony relief with Mithras grasping the bull's horns from Rome

Tauroctony relief formerly in the house of the Alterii near S. Marco in Rome, now of unknown whereabouts, described by Gruterus as showing Mithras pressing both knees onto the bull and grasping its horns with the knife in the shoulder, with scorpion, serpent, raven, Sol and Luna…

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Tauroctony statue from Rome, now in Berlin

Marble statue of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog and serpent directing their heads to the wound and the scorpion at the testicles, probably found in Rome and now in the Altes Museum at Berlin; Mithras' head, front part of his arms and cloak, and the bull's muzzle are lost…

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Cautopates statue from Rome, now in Berlin

White marble statue of Cautopates in Eastern attire, cross-legged, pointing his torch downwards with both hands, probably found in Rome and now in the Altes Museum at Berlin; the head and front part of the left arm are restored.

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Bronze Aion figure with lion head from Rome

Small bronze figure from Rome, probably used as a handle for a patera or knife, depicting the lion-headed Aion with four large wings, entwined in three coils of a serpent, holding a torch in his right hand and a key in his left.

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Altar of P. Octavius Bassus from Rome

Altar from an unknown location in Rome, with a dedication to Sol fulfilling a vow by P. Octavius Bassus, probably the same Bassus associated with the S. Prisca sanctuary.

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Base of M. Aurelius Victor dedicated to Sol from Rome

Marble base in poor lettering found in the church of S. Maria de Cacabariis in Rome, recording the dedication by M. Aurelius Victor, vir clarissimus and prefect of the Feriae Latinae, to his patron Iovinus Callidianus, priest of Sol.

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Altar of L. Domitius Frontinus from Rome

Altar from the Prati di Castello area of Rome, with a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras by L. Domitius Frontinus.

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Altar of C. Tullius Trophimianus from Rome

Altar found in the church of S. Giovanni de Mercato in Rome, with a dedication to the holy Invictus Mithras by C. Tullius Trophimianus.

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Altar of P. Aelius Amandus from Rome

Marble altar in the Museo Capitolino, Rome, bearing a bust of Sol and a dedication by P. Aelius Amandus, a soldier of the equites singulares Augusti, in fulfilment of a vow on receiving his honourable discharge, dated to 158 A.D.

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Marble tablet of Brumasius from Rome

Marble tablet with a dedication by Brumasius to the holy table of Sol Mithras, set up in the presence of the pater with all the initiates.

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Altar of Victor, farm bailiff of the Maeciani, from Rome

Tiburtine stone altar from the gardens of the Perettiani family in Rome, with a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras by Victor, farm bailiff of the Maeciani estates, through the priest M. Stlaccio Rufo, dated to 154 or 177 A.D.

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Marble tablet dedicated by leones from Rome

Marble tablet in the Vatican Musea, Galleria Lapidaria, with a dedication to the Invictus and Urania by two initiates of the Leo grade, the text divided by four feet pointing in opposite directions as a pro itu et reditu formula.

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Marble slab fragment with leaping ox from Rome

Fragment of a grey marble slab formerly in the Palazzo Caponii and now in the Vatican Musea, Galleria Lapidaria, with an inscription on two arched borders and a leaping ox in the blank space.

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Tauroctony fragment with Cautopates and Luna bust from Rome

Fragment of a small tauroctony relief in the Museo Lateranense, Rome, preserving the bull's head and the upper part of Cautopates pointing his torch downwards with both hands, and the bust of Luna with crescent in the upper corner.

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White marble statuette of a torchbearer, Villa Borghese, Rome

White marble statuette of a torchbearer from the Casino of the Villa Borghese, restored as a Paris, with head, right arm, calves, feet and the lower part of the cloak restored.

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Relief of bluish marble of Mithras tauroktonos from Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome

Relief of bluish marble in the Casino of the Villa Doria Pamphili showing Mithras slaying the bull with the usual animals, cross-legged torchbearers, and Sol in a quadriga and Luna in a biga in the upper corners.

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White marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Villa Giustiniani, Rome

White marble relief from the Casino of the Villa Giustiniani showing Mithras slaying the bull, whose tail ends in ears, with the usual torchbearers, dog, serpent, scorpion and raven, and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners.

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Inscription CIL VI 724 dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by M. Aurelius Euprepes, Villa Giustiniani, Rome

Marble inscription from the Villa Giustiniani near Porta Flaminia, dedicated by M. Aurelius Euprepes, freedman of the three Emperors, to Sol Invictus Mithras through the priests Calpurnius and Ianuarius, dated to 194 A.D.

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Base of bluish marble with encircling serpent, Villa Giustiniani, Vatican Musea

Base of bluish marble formerly in the Villa Giustiniani near Porta Flaminia and now in the Vatican Musea, Cortile della Pigna, with a round pedestal encircled by a bearded crested serpent biting its own tail, probably supporting a statue of Aion.

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White marble statue of cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire, Mus. Naz. Terme, Rome

White marble statue of a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire from Rome with a broken upraised torch and head and feet lost, probably the companion piece of No. 504, now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme.

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