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The New Mithraeum Database

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Syndexios

Tiberius Claudius Thermodon

Dedicated multiple monuments to Mithras, Fortuna Primigenia and Diana in Etruria.

 
Notitia

Carabinieri recover a Mithras Tauroctony about to be sold on the black market

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.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 654

Marble relief (H. 0.63 Br. 1.07 D. 0.025-0.03), broken in two pieces.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 657

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.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 661

Fragment of a white marble statue (H. 0.60 Br. 0.40), found at Rusellae, now in the Museum of Grosseto.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 668

Rectangular marble relief (H. 0.68 L. 0.50 D. 0.09), the lower corners of which are broken off.

Syndexios

Vettius Agorius Praetextatus

Pater patrum and Pater sacrorum among other titles.

 
Locus

Caere

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.

 
Locus

Volsinii

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.

 
Monumentum

Raven from Stockstadt

The Stockstadt Raven is one of only two standing-alone sculptures of this bird to be found in Mithraic statuary.

 
Monumentum

Sabazios with Mithras from Bolsena

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.

 
Monumentum

Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus

The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.

 
Monumentum

Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia

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.

 
Monumentum

CIMRM 644

Franz Cumont drew our attention to a statue, found along the Via Cassia (Clodia) about six kilometers from Rome.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony on display in Boston

This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.

 
Monumentum

Mitreo di Capodimonte

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.

 
Monumentum

Mitreo di Sutri

The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

 
Monumentum

Mitreo di Cosa

The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.

 
Monumentum

Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri

This inscription by a certain Memmius Placidus is the first ever found signed by a Heliodromus.

 
Monumentum

Petrogeny of Florence

The sculpture of the birth of Mithras in Florence included the head of Oceanus.

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