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Grumentum (Grumento Nova)

Grumentum was an ancient Roman city in the centre of Lucania, in what is now the comune of Grumento Nova, c.

 
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Altar from Novaria by Aelius Secundinus

The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.

 
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Novaria (Novara)

Novara aːra] is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan.

 
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Tauroctony from Macerata

The Macerata Tauroctony shows Mithra slaying the bull with the usual Pyrigian cap and six rays around his head.

 
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Altar from Grumentum

This altar from Grumentum in Lucania was dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Titus Flavius Saturninus, an evocatus in imperial service.

 
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Novae (Steklen)

Novae was initially one of the few great Roman legionary fortresses along the empire’s border, forming part of the defences along the Danube in northern Bulgaria. It lies about 4 km east of the modern town of Svishtov.

 
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Constantinopolis

Founded on the site of ancient Byzantium and refounded in 330 CE, Constantinopolis became an imperial residence in the eastern Roman Empire. In the 4th century, it was a key setting for interaction between traditional cults and Christian authority.

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Salvius Novanio

Dedicated a relief of Mithras Tauroctonos in Macerata, Italy.

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Karmen Novak

 
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Peltuinum

Peltuinum was a Roman town of the Vestini on the Via Claudia Nova, founded in the mid-1st century BC. It developed into a regional centre with city walls, a sanctuary, a theatre and an amphitheatre, and was monumentalised in the early Imperial period

 
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Relief of Mithras, Shapur II and Ardashir II

This monument depicts Mihr/Mithras watching over the transition of power from Shapur II to Ardashir II, which took place in 379.

 
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The Mithraic Prophecy

Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy.

 
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Los cultos de Mater Magna y Atis en Hispania

Tercera entrega de la trilogía de Jaime Alvar dedicada al estudio de los cultos a dioses procedentes de Oriente en la Península Ibérica.

 
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The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries. Cosmology & Salvation in the Ancient World

David Ulansey argues that Mithraic iconography was actually an astronomical code, and that the cult began as a religious response to a startling scientific discovery.

 
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Mithraeum of Sofia

The Mithraeum of Serdica was found in the fortified area of the ancient city of Serdica, now Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Sextus Egnatius Primitivus

Approved priest, Augustal serf at Casuentum et Carsulae, appointed quaestor of the Augustus treasury.

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