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Monumentum

Altar of Marcus Sikis Dossis from Kreta

Sandstone altar with patera from the rock sanctuary at Kreta, Moesia Inferior, bearing a Greek inscription dedicating an altar to Helios Mithras by Marcus Sikis Dossis.

Monumentum

Altar bearing a relief of Cautopates from Silistra

Votive altar depicting Cautopates from the Roman city of Durostorum, modern-day Silistra in Bulgaria.

Monumentum

Altar to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Cocidius and the genius loci from Housesteads

An altar found in the west corner of the sanctuary at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads) in 1898, recording a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the god Cocidius and the genius of the place by soldiers of the Second Augustan Legion on garrison duty.

Monumentum

Bronze medallion of Gordian III with tauroctony

The bronze medallion, from Cilicia, shows Mithras Tauroctonus on the revers.

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Altar of Victorinus to Fons Perennis

One of several dedications commissioned by the duumvir Marcus Antonius Victorinus in his Mithraeum of Aquincum, modern Budapest.

Syndexios

Valerian

Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.

Locus

Vil·la dels Munts (Altafulla)

Aristocratic villa near Tarraco, capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, associated with Caius Valerius Avitus and a Mithraic sanctuary.

Monumentum

Chalcedony tauroctony gem from Paris

Fragment of yellowish chalcedony in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, formerly in the Millingen collection, depicting the standard tauroctony.

Monumentum

Rock-crystal tauroctony gem from Paris

Rock-crystal gem in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer with the standard iconographic programme.

Monumentum

Golden magical ring from the Castellani Collection

Gold ring amulet formerly in the Schlumberger Collection, published as Mithraic by Cumont and later identified as a healing charm against colic and diseases of the uterus.

Monumentum

Inscription in tabula ansata from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A marble fragment with an inscription in a tabula ansata from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, reading [Au]gggg(ustis) invicto..., a dedication to the Invincible probably addressing multiple emperors.

Monumentum

Altar dedicated to Cautes from Caldas de Reyes

An altar found in 1889 at Caldas de Reyes (ancient Iria Flavia) in Galicia, bearing a fragmentary dedication to Cautes, possibly by a person named Antonius.

Monumentum

Inscription of Attius Valerianus from unknown provenance

Fragmentary inscription of unknown provenance, preserving only a pro salute formula and the name Attius Valerianus.

Locus

Luguvallium (Carlisle)

Luguvallium was a Roman settlement and fort in northern Britannia, today Carlisle.

Locus

Pautalia (Kyustendil)

Pautalia became an important urban and thermal centre in the southwestern Balkans.

Locus

Iuvavum-Ovilava (Salzburg)

Iuvavum and Ovilava formed two important urban centres connected by the Norican road network.

Locus

Epiacum (Alston)

The hill fort of Epiacum, known today as Whitley Castle, occupied a strategic upland position south of Hadrian’s Wall.

Locus

Dionysopolis (Balchik)

Dionysopolis occupied a prominent position on the western coast of the Black Sea.

Locus

Almus (Lom)

Almus occupied a strategic position on the southern bank of the Danube in western Moesia.

Locus

Vicus Matrini (San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore)

San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore is a mountain hill town in the province of Pescara, part of the Abruzzo region in central Italy.

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