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Fresco of Mithras

Fresco of Mithras found in an arched niche above the right bench of the Baths of Caracalla’s Mithraeum in Rome.

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Altar from Mitreo di San Clemente

The altar of the Mithraeum of San Clemente bears the Tauroctony on the front, Cautes and Cautopates on the right and left sides and a serpent on the back.

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Mercury of Stockstadt

The Stockstadt Mercury carries a purse and a small child around which a snake is coiled.

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Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt

Reliefs of Cautes and Cautopates dedicated by Florius Florentius of Saalburg and Ancarinius Severus.

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Main Tauroctony relief from Dura Europos

The main relief of Mithras killing the bull from the Mithraeum of Dura Europos includes three persons named Zenobius, Jariboles and Barnaadath.

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Bench mosaics of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

Diana-Luna, Mercurius, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mars are depicted in the mosaics on the benches of this mithraeuma.

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Tauroctony from Santo Stefano Rotondo

The relief of Mithras killing the bull of Stefano Rotodon preserves part of his polycromy and depicts two unusual figures: Hesperus and an owl.

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A man is initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras

This is the first of several fresco scenes depicting the initiation of a new member in a mithraic community, in Capua Vetere.

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Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere

This scene from the frescoes of the Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere shows a kneeling, naked man surrounded by two other figures.

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Relief of Aion on globe

The lion-headed god is standing on a globe encicled by two crossed bands on which five pearls.

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Aion of Florence

The sculpture of Aion from Florence, Italy, has the usual serpent, coiled six times on its body, whose head rests on that of the god of eternal time.

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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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Painted scenes from the Mithras legend at Dura Europos

Around the relief with Mithras as a bullkiller, a number of scenes from the Mithras Iegend have been painted in the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.

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Initiation scene from Capua Vetere

Fresco depicting an initiation scene from the Mithraeum of Capua Vetere.

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Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

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Submission scene from Barberini

This scene of the main fresco of the Mithraeum Barberini seems to depict part of the initiation into the Mithraic Mysteries.

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Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini

The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras’s myth.

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Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca

Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.

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Initiation frescoes from the Barberini Mithraeum

Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

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Procession Fresco from Santa Prisca

Figures in procession, each representing a different grade of Mithraic initiation, labeled with their respective titles.

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