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Dedicated multiple monuments to Mithras, Fortuna Primigenia and Diana in Etruria.
The Mithriac votive sculpture comes from a clandestine excavation in the Tarquinia area. The criminal chain is active in archaeological areas of Rome and southern Etruria.
Rectangular marble relief (H. 0.68 L. 0.50 D. 0.09), the lower corners of which are broken off.
Fragment of a white marble statue (H. 0.60 Br. 0.40), found at Rusellae, now in the Museum of Grosseto.
White marble relief (H. 0.58 Br. 0.62), found near the house of the Fontana family in a Roman villa, situated on the northern slope of the mountain Ciminus, not far from the crossing with a byroad, leading to the Tiber.
One of the most eminent representatives of late antique pagan religiosity, combining high civic authority with deep initiation into multiple mystery traditions, including the cult of Mithras.
At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.
Volsinii or Vulsinii, is the name of two ancient cities of Etruria, one situated on the shore of Lacus Volsiniensis, and the other on the Via Clodia, between Clusium and Forum Cassii.
Caere is the Latin name given by the Romans to one of the larger cities of southern Etruria, modern Cerveteri, some 50-60 kilometres north-west of Rome.
The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.
This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, with Mithras depicted in his characteristic pose of slaying the bull, positioned just below Sabazios’ chest.
The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.
The discovery of the Mithraeum of Tarquinia is due to the Department for Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Carabinieri, who noticed some clandestine excavations near the Ara della Regina.
Franz Cumont drew our attention to a statue, found along the Via Cassia (Clodia) about six kilometers from Rome.
The sculpture of the birth of Mithras in Florence included the head of Oceanus.
A marble head in the Uffizi Gallery, long interpreted as a “dying Alexander,” but probably representing Mithras tauroctonos.
The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.
This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.
The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.
