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Mithraeum of Dura Europos

The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

 
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Mitreo di Marino

The Marino Mithraeum preserves one of the most elaborate painted cycles of Mithras’ myth, combining the tauroctony, planetary symbolism and scenes from the god’s sacred narrative.

 
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Tauroctony from Ottaviano Zeno

In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

 
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Italia

Roman Italia preserves a central and exceptionally influential corpus within the development of Mithraic cults.

Syndexios

Elagabalus

Roman emperor at the age of 14, from 218 to his death in 222, Elagabalus was a main priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa.

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Caracalla

Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.

 
Provincia

Arabia

Arabia connected the Roman Near East to caravan routes, desert frontiers and the commercial networks of the southern Levant.

 
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Samosata (Samsat)

Samsat, formerly Samosata is a small town in the Adıyaman Province of Turkey, situated on the upper Euphrates river.

 
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Tarsus (Tarsus)

Tarsus is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey.

 
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Puteoli (Pozzuoli)

Puteoli, the great commercial harbour of Roman Italy, preserves evidence of the cosmopolitan maritime environments through which Mithraic cults circulated across the Mediterranean world.

 
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Constantinopolis

Founded on the site of ancient Byzantium and refounded in 330 CE, Constantinopolis became an imperial residence in the eastern Roman Empire. In the 4th century, it was a key setting for interaction between traditional cults and Christian authority.

 
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Aveia Vestina (Fossa)

Aveia was an ancient town of the Vestini and Roman former bishopric, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

 
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Esca (Bad Ischl im Salzkammergut)

The Bad Ischl area has been inhabited since the time of the prehistoric Hallstatt culture. Documentary evidence of the settlement dates back to 1262, when it was referred to as Iselen.

 
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Castrum Zerzevan (Diyarbakır's Çınar)

Zerzevan Castle, also known as Samachi Castle, is a ruined Eastern Roman castle, a former important military base, in Diyarbakır Province, southeastern Turkey.

 
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Tarquinia (Tarquinia)

Tarquinia, formerly Corneto, is an old city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, known chiefly for its ancient Etruscan tombs in the widespread necropoleis, or cemeteries, for which it was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status. In 1922, i

 
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Sitrium (Sutri)

Sutri is an Ancient town, modern comune and former bishopric in the province of Viterbo, about 50 kilometres from Rome and about 30 kilometres south of Viterbo. The modern comune of Sutri has a few more than 5,000 inhabitants.

 
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Memphis (Memphis)

Mampsis or Memphis, today Mamshit, Arabic Kurnub, is a former Nabataean caravan stop and Byzantine city.

 
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Marino (Marino)

Marino has been inhabited by Latin tribes since the 1st millennium BC. During the Roman Republic it was a summer resort for Roman patricians who built luxurious villas in the area.

 
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Igabrum (Cabra)

Cabra is a municipality in Córdoba province, Andalusia, Spain and the site of former bishopric Egabro.

 
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Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa (Doştat)

Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa was the capital and the largest city of Roman Dacia, later named Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa after the former Dacian capital, located some 40 km away. The city was destroyed by the Goths.

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