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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mithras sacrificing the bull at Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Tauroctony in black marble on display at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California.

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Prostrate figure fresco from Capua Vetere

Representation of a person lying prostrate on the ground between two other walking figures on the Mitreo of Santa Capua Vetere.

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Eros and Psyche

The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere includes a marble relief depicting a child Eros guiding Psyche through the dark.

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Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere

In the Mithraeum of S. Capua Veteres, Cautes stands between two laurel trees.

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Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere

The vault of the Mithraeum in S. Capua Vetere is decorated with stars that have holes in their centers, which once held colorful glass decorations.

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Vesontio (Besançon)

Vesontio was an important urban centre of Roman Gaul, today Besançon.

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San Juan

The locality of San Juan is associated with archaeological discoveries from the Iberian provinces.

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St. Urban (Sankt Urban)

Sankt Urban lies within the southern Alpine zone connected with Roman Noricum.

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St. Thomas (Sankt Thomas)

Sankt Thomas belongs to the rural Alpine territory associated with Roman Noricum.

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St. Johann (Sankt Johann im Pongau)

Sankt Johann occupied a position along the Alpine communications network of Noricum.

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Possible Mithraeum remains from San Zeno, near Trento

Wall remnants found deep underground at San Zeno near Trento, possibly indicating a Mithraeum, discovered alongside Roman coins, lost bronze figures and a small gold disc decorated with an ear of corn or a sword.

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Inscription of Marius from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A fragmentary inscription on the lower border of the limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio near Trento, partially reading a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by Marius.

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Limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A limestone low-relief tauroctony fragment found in 1869 near the entrance of the valley of San Zeno di Romedio in the Trentino, now in the Museum at Trento, showing a primitive Mithras bullkiller with Cautes upraised, the bust of Luna and an inscription on the lower border…

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Tauroctony relief fragment from San Zeno am Nonsberg, Trentino

A coarse-grained yellowish-white marble tauroctony relief fragment found walled in at San Zeno am Nonsberg in the Trentino in 1911, now in the Museum Ferdinandeum at Innsbruck, showing part of Mithras slaying the bull and Cautes raising a flaming torch.

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Inscription "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from San Zeno, near Trento

A brief inscription reading "Deo Invicto Mithrae", found in the ruins of the Castello di Tuenno near San Zeno at the entry to the Tovel valley in Trentino, alongside the decorated relief No. 723.

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Tauroctony from Santa Prisca

Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

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Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca

The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.

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Cautes of the mitreo di Santa Prisca

The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.

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Mitreo di Santa Prisca

The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.

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Altar of Sextus Masclinus from Sankt Johann

Small altar found in 1843 at Sankt Johann in the Saan valley, Noricum, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Sextus Masclinus.

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