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Tauroctony relief found between Porta Portese and St Pancrace

Franz Cumont bought this relief of Mithras as a bullkiller from a dealer who claimed to have found it in a vineyard near the church of Saint Pancrace, in Rome.

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Nymphus: Mithraic Initiation Rite Number Two

This is a reconstruction of the 2nd level initiation, the Nymphus or male bride.

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Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo

Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.

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Marble altar of Sex. Fusinius Felix from the Mitreo delle Sette Porte

Marble altar found near the entrance of the Mitreo delle Sette Porte at Ostia, dedicated by Sex. Fusinius Felix.

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Torso dedicated to Mithras

Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glycol.

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Inscription to Sol Apollo Anicetus from Rudchester

Fragmentary inscription from Vindobala preserving a rare dedication to “Sol Apollo Anicetus” within a Mithraic context on Hadrian’s Wall.

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Julian

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

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Graffito "Dominus Sol hic avitat" from the Caseggiato del Sole

Graffito on a wall of the Caseggiato del Sole adjacent to the Mitreo dei Serpenti at Ostia, reading "Dominus Sol hic avitat" (Lord Sun dwells here).

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Bronze torchbearer from Catunele de Motru

Small bronze statuette in Phrygian cap from Catunele de Motru, Dacia, possibly a torchbearer; the Mithraic attribution is not certain as no torch survives.

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Inscription from Botoșești-Paia

Fragmentary inscription from Botoșești-Paia, Dacia, preserving only the end of a name (Va[llerius]) and the closing formula.

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Small cippus of Aurelius Crescens from the Mitreo Sabazeo

Small cippus found opposite the Theatre at Ostia, with a dedication by brothers Aurelius Crescens and Naima Victor Patri for the restoration of the ruined Mithraeum, third century A.D.

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Marble frieze fragments with planetary gods from the Mitreo Sabazeo

Two marble frieze fragments with incised busts of Sol, Luna, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, one found in 1890 in the outer porticus of the Theatre and one found in 1938 near the Mithraeum at Ostia.

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Sol Invictus inscription found near the Mitreo Sabazeo

Inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus, Omnipotent and Holy Caelestis, with Fortuna Lares and Tutelae, found near the Mitreo Sabazeo at Ostia, dedicated by Venerandus.

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Inscription of P. Clodius Flavius Venerandus from the Mitreo Sabazeo

Inscription dedicated to the Numen Caelesti by P. Clodius Flavius Venerandus, sevir augustalis, who acted in response to a dream, from the Mitreo Sabazeo at Ostia.

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Green-glazed krater fragments from the Mitreo delle Sette Porte

Fragments of a green-glazed maiolica krater with silver sheen, probably decorated with a dodekatheon showing Minerva, Jupiter, Dionysus, and Hercules, from the Mitreo delle Sette Porte at Ostia.

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Mosaic floor with planetary deities from the Mitreo delle Sette Porte

Mosaic-paved floor of the central aisle of the Mitreo delle Sette Porte at Ostia, with a krater flanked by serpent and eagle, standing Jupiter and Saturn, torchbearers at the podia, and planetary gods Mars, Luna, Venus, and Mercury.

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Small marble base of Sex. Annius Merops from the Mitreo degli Animali

Small marble base dedicated by Sex. Annius Merops, honoured Dendrophoros, to the image of Terrae Matris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, dated to 142 A.D.

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Small marble base of T. Annius Lucullus from the Mitreo degli Animali

Small marble base with a dedication by T. Annius Lucullus, sevir and quinquennalis, to Martis Dendrophoris Ostiensium, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, dated to 143 A.D.

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Small marble cippus of C. Atilius Bassus from the Mitreo degli Animali

Small marble cippus dedicated by C. Atilius Bassus, freedman and apparator of a priest of the Great Mother, to Silvanus dendrophoris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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Small marble cippus of M. Cerellio Hieronymo from the Mitreo degli Animali

Small marble cippus recording a donation by M. Cerellio Hieronymo, pater and sacerdos, on behalf of an antistes who dedicated objects to the god, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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