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The New Mithraeum Database

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Sol's chariot fragments from Mithraeum II, Ptuj

Marble statuette fragments from Mithraeum II at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, preserving the torsos and partial bodies of Sol's horses together with a two-wheeled car — a rare three-dimensional representation of this scene.

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Tauroctony relief from Virunum

Three Italian marble fragments from the Zollfeld at Virunum, Noricum, forming a tauroctony relief; the iconography is well preserved and the use of imported Italian marble reflects the high status of the dedicants.

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Tauroctony relief from Friedberg

Large quartzite tauroctony relief with torchbearers, zodiacal imagery and traces of ancient red paint from the Friedberg Mithraeum.

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Supposed Mithraeum of Saalburg

Elongated cult building near the Saalburg fort traditionally interpreted as a Mithraeum but later reconsidered as a possible funerary enclosure.

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Altar with bust of Sol

Weathered limestone altar decorated with the radiate bust of Sol.

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Mithraeum of Skikda

Many of the inscriptions and sculptures of the site were kept in a museum which has been destroyed.

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Mithraea of Heddernheim

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

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Mithraic inscription from Anazarbus

This dedicatory inscription by Aurelius Seleucus, found in Cilicia, aligns with Plutarch’s account of Cilician pirates performing foreign sacrifices and secret rites of Mithras.

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Güglingen (Güglingen)

Güglingen is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

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Sumelocenna (Rottenburg)

Rottenburg am Neckar; until 10 July 1964 only Rottenburg; Swabian: Raodaburg is a medium-sized town in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Rottenburg is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, being the official centr

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Lopodunum (Ladenburg)

Ladenburg is a town in northwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town's history goes back to the Celtic and Roman Ages, when it was called Lopodunum.

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Baetulo (Badalona)

The area was populated by Iberians, but the origins of Baetulo date back to the 1st century BC, when the Romans founded the city on the Rosés hill. Baetulo was famous for its vineyards, which produced wine for export throughout the Empire.

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Lucius Petreius Victor

Garlic merchant, probably from Lusitania, who dedicated an altar to Cautes in Tarraconensis.

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Torchbearer relief from Narbonne

This heavily damaged relief from Narbo preserves the figure of a cross-legged Mithraic torchbearer carved in low relief near the church of Saint-Sébastien in Narbonne.

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Mithréum d’Angers

The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

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Cautes and Cautopates of Sarrebourg

The base of these sandstone reliefs bears an inscription referring to a certain Marcellius Marianus.

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Tauroctony from La Bâtie-Montsaléon

This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.

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Fresco ‘City of Darkness’ from Hawarte

The City of Darkness unique fresco from the Mithraeum of Hawarte shows the tightest links between the western and eastern worship of Mithras in Roman Syria.

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Fresco of Mithras

Fresco of Mithras found in an arched niche above the right bench of the Baths of Caracalla’s Mithraeum in Rome.

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Tauroctony from Santo Stefano Rotondo

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Stefano Rotodon preserves part of his polycromy and depicts two unusual figures: Hesperus and an owl.

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