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The New Mithraeum Database

Find news, articles, monuments, persons, books and videos related to the Cult of Mithras

Your search Castelnau-le-Lez gave 13 results.

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Sextantio (Castelnau-le-Lez)

Sextantio occupied a strategic position near the Mediterranean routes of southern Gaul.

Locus

Lezoux (Lezoux)

Lezoux became an important centre of Gallo-Roman ceramic production renowned throughout the western provinces.

Liber

Mushrooms, Myth & Mithras. The Drug Cult That Civilized Europe

In their groundbreaking new book, Mushrooms, Myths & Mithras, classics scholar Carl Ruck and friends reveal compelling evidence suggesting that psychedelic mushroom use was equally influential in early Europe, where it was central to initiation cerem

Monumentum

Torchbearer mould fragment from Lezoux

Fragmentary ceramic mould preserving the lower part of a cross-legged Mithraic torchbearer.

Monumentum

Tauroctony mould from Lezoux

Terracotta matrix used to produce vessels decorated with the bull-killing scene of Mithras.

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Tauroctony vase from Lezoux

Decorated ceramic vessel showing Mithras slaying the bull together with torchbearers, zodiacal motifs and figures of abundance.

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Angel Velez

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Mithraic vase of Lezoux

This terracotta vase features prolific decoration, including Mithras Tauroctonos, Fortuna, Cautes, a dog and Pan playing a syrinx.

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Tauroctony from the Collezione Torlonia

This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

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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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