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The New Mithraeum Database

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Altar "Deo Soli Invicto" from Stanford

An altar mentioned by Stukeley as being kept in his garden at Stanford (ancient Hattwifel), bearing the inscription Deo Soli Invicto.

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Inscription of Q. Muielius Iustus dedicated to Sol from Trento

A brief inscription from Trento (ancient Tridentum) recording a dedication to Sol by Q. Muielius Iustus together with his family.

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Temple of Sol inscription from Como, dedicated under Diocletian

An inscription recording the completion and dedication of the Temple of Sol at Como by T. Flavius Postumius Titianus, corrector of Italy, by order of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, with Axilius the Younger as curator of the city of the Comenses.

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Inscription "Deo Soli" dedicated by the res publica from Brescia

An inscription found in the old monastery of San Giulia in Brescia (ancient Brixia), in the arch supporting the crypt of Santa Maria in Solario, recording a dedication to Deus Sol by the res publica.

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Small base inscription of a negotiator from Vercelli

A small base found in 1874 at Vercelli (ancient Vercellae), bearing a partly legible dedication to the Invincible god by a negotiator named Suria.

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Inscription "Soli deo" from an old stone architrave in Turin

A brief inscription reading "Soli deo", found on an old stone architrave in Turin (ancient Augusta Taurinorum) in Liguria.

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Two torchbearer heads in Phrygian caps from Turin

Two small heads wearing Phrygian caps, probably representing the Mithraic torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates, from Turin (ancient Augusta Taurinorum) and held in the Museum at Turin.

Socius

Fahim Ennouhi

Scholar specializing in the history of ancient North Africa, with a particular interest in the Oriental cults (Anatolian, Egyptian, Syrian, and Iranian) that spread throughout this region.

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Unpublished Mithras vase or plate from Vienne

A vase or plate bearing a representation of Mithras, reported to be in the Archaeological Seminary of the University of Vienne (ancient Colonia Iulia Vienna Allobrogum) in Narbonensis, but unpublished at the time of Vermaseren's catalogue.

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Inscription of L. Atilius Pupinius from the vicus Vicciomitum in Milan

An inscription from the vicus Vicciomitum in Milan (ancient Mediolanum), recording a votive dedication to the Invincible Mithras by L. Atilius Pupinius on a site granted by decree of the town council.

Syndexios

Julian

The last pagan emperor of Rome, closely associated with Mithras and Neoplatonic interpretations of the Sun God.

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Commodus

Roman emperor traditionally regarded as the first ruler initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras.

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Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.

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Mithraic inscription from Rome

Epigraphic testimony catalogued in the Année Épigraphique and Lugli’s Fontes for ancient Rome.

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Rock inscription of Sagarios at Farasha

Rock inscription of Sagarios, strategus of Ariaramneia, recording a Mithraic ceremony near Farasha (ancient Ariaramneia), Cappadocia, likely 1st century A.D.

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Funerary stele of Aurelius Lucanus from Amasya

Marble funerary stele dedicated to the soldier Aurelius Lucanus, a devotee of Mithras, found at Amasya (ancient Amasia), Pontus.

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Sepulchral inscription with Mithraic grade from Philippi

Third-century sepulchral inscription from near Philippi, Macedonia, studied for its Mithraic content in the upper lines of the text.

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Altar of Marcus Laelius Aquila sacerdos from Dyrrachium

Stone from Durrës, ancient Dyrrachium in Macedonia, dedicated to Soli aeterno by Marcus Laelius Aquila, sacerdos; the name Aquila may correspond to a Mithraic grade.

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Tauroctony relief from Veles

White marble tauroctony relief from Veles, ancient Bylazora in Macedonia; the merchant reported that other fragments of the same monument were walled into a fountain in Veles.

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Tauroctony relief from Bessapara

Marble tauroctony relief from Elli Dere near Tatar-Bazardjik, ancient Bessapara in Thracia, with the upper part broken off; the lower portion preserves the standard bull-slaying scene.

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