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Tauroctony/Repast of Castra Pretoria

This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.

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Tauroctony of Ulpius Linus from Apulum

This relief of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated by the bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina, Marcus Ulpius Linus.

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Inscriptions of Eauze

Several inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found in Eauze, including these two by a certain Pater Sextus Vervicius Eutyches, discovered in 1768.

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Tauroctony from Gimmeldingen

This relief of Mithras killing the bull found in Gimmeldingen, Germany, lacks the usual raven.

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Basin from Mitreo della Planta Pedis

This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.

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Mosaic of Silvanus from Ostia

This unusual mosaic representation of the god Silvanus was found in the Mithreaum of the so-called Imperial Palace in Ostia.

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Prostrate figure fresco from Capua Vetere

Representation of a person lying prostrate on the ground between two other walking figures on the Mitreo of Santa Capua Vetere.

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Column with inscription by workers of the pig market

The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.

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Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

This small monument bears the inscriptions of a certain Caelius Ermeros, antistes at the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls.

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Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana

A certain Blastia or Blastianus made a dedication to Mithras and Silvanus on an altar in Emona, Italy.

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Inscribed statue base from Stabiae

This inscription on white marble by Lucius Gavidius uses the term ther cultores to refer to his Mithraic community in Stabiae, Italy.

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Petrogeny from San Clemente

Mithras birth from the knees upwards emerging from a rock and wearing as usual a Phrygian cap.

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Mithras petrogenitus of the Esquilino

The relief of Mithras being born from the rock of the Esquiline shows the young god naked, as usual, with a torch and a dagger in his hands.

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Lion of Carnuntum III

Exceptional sculpture of a lion devouring a bull’s head founded in 1894 in Carnuntum, Pannonia.

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Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia

This inscription was commissioned by a family of priests of the invincible god Mithras.

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Fragmentary statue of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rusicade

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Rusicade, today Skikda, Algeria.

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Tauroctony from Rome

White marble statue of Mithras killing the sacred bull preserved in the Museo Nacional Romano.

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Triangular marble slab with inscription from the Forum of Nerva

Small triangular slab bearing a Latin inscription referring to Sol Invictus and to a sacred cave, probably dating to the 4th century AD.

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Altar of Sextus Syntrophus

This altar to Invictus Mythra (sic) was found in 1867 in ancient Maros Portum, now Sighișoara, Romania.

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Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino

The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.

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