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Cibinium (Sibiu)

Roman settlement of Dacia superior located in the area of present-day Sibiu in Romania. The site became an important urban and military centre, later developed into the medieval city known as Hermannstadt in German and Nagyszeben in Hungarian.

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Tauroctony lower right from Oltenia

Right lower corner of a marble tauroctony relief from Oltenia, Dacia, preserving the lower portion of Mithras killing the bull.

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Mithraeum of Burham

To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

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Altar of Benifayó

This altar found in Benifaió, València, was erected by a slave called Lucanus.

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Inscription of Tarragona

This fragment of the base of a statue from Tarragona, Spain, bears an inscription which appears to be dedicated to the invincible Mithras.

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Cautes from Les Bolards

This monument representing Cautes with uncrossed legs was consecrated by a certain Anttiocus.

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Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva

This limestone altar bears an inscription from its donor, Firmidius Severinus, in honour of Mithras after 26 years of service in the Legio VIII Augusta.

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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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Serapis head from Mérida

This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.

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Tauroctony from Santiponce

This unfinished Mithras tauroctonos without the usual surrounding animals was found in 1923 in Italica, near Seville, Spain.

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Inscription to Sol Invictus from Montefalco

A decorated inscription with egg-and-dart moulding found in the castle of La Fratta near Montefalco in Umbria, bearing a brief dedication to Sol Invictus.

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Sculpted head from Florentia

Head formerly associated with Mithraic material but interpreted by Margarete Bieber as a dying Giant.

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Altar with Phrygian cap from Altbachtal

The altar with a Phrygian cap and a dagger from Trier was erected by a Pater called Martius Martialis.

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Tauroctony from Nesce

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.

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Stucco tauroctony room from Agurzano near Rome

A subterranean room with a stucco depiction of Mithras slaying the bull, probably from the fourth century, discovered at Agurzano near Ponte Mammolo on the Via Tiburtina outside Rome.

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Funerary inscription fragment of a Mithraic sacerdos, Via Labicana, Rome

A marble inscription fragment found in the cemetery at the Duos Lauros along the Via Labicana outside Rome, commemorating a sacerdos of Sol Invictus Mithras who lived forty years.

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Inscription of Aelius Victorinus the veteran, outside Porta Pia, Rome

An inscription to Sol Invictus Mithras found in the Vigna Patritii outside the Porta Pia in Rome, dedicated by Aelius Victorinus, a veteran of the emperors honourably discharged, with M. Aurelius Romulus as antistes and sacerdos of the cult.

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Marble slab of T. Flavius Eutychus from Comodilla's catacombs, Rome

A marble slab reused as a tombstone in Comodilla's catacombs near the Via Ostiense in Rome, originally inscribed by Titus Flavius Eutychus as a gift to the Invincible and Holy god.

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Funerary cippus of Sextineius Restitutus, pater sacrorum, Torre Pignatara

A marble funerary cippus from the Vigna Dionigi at Torre Pignatara outside Rome, dedicated to Sextineius Restitutus as most indulgent pater sacrorum by his children and mother, with a crown carved to the left of the final line.

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Tauroctony statue from the Piazza Giudea area, Rome

A tauroctony statue once in the Collection Santa Croce near the Piazza Giudea in Rome, showing Mithras as bullkiller with a broad belt around the bull's body, the arms of the god and the bull's horns broken off.

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