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The New Mithraeum Database

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Relief fragment from Tivoli

Fragment of a relief showing Mithras as bull-killer with unusual eagle-headed dagger handle and Sol in a quadriga, from Tivoli (ancient Tibur), known only through an inaccurate engraving by Barbault.

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Statue fragment from Praeneste

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras tauroktonos with dog, serpent and scorpion, upper body and right leg missing, found at Praeneste (modern Palestrina).

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Sol Invictus inscription from Aesernia

Altar inscription dedicated to Deus Invictus by Verus, an antistes, from Aesernia (modern Isernia).

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Marble busts from Formiae

Two marble busts of youthful figures with Phrygian caps, probably representing the torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates, from the Villa Borghese collection, found at Formiae.

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Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali

The head of Mithras had seven holes made for fastening rays.

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Zodiac signs on the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

The rich mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres include the the signs of the Zodiac.

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Inscription of Fructosus in Ostia

The inscription is carved into two pieces of marble cornice.

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Tauroctony from the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

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Altar of the Mitreo Menandro

The brick altar of the Mithraeum Menander was covered with marble slabs bearing a crescent and an inscription.

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Funerary inscription of Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius

Late Roman funerary inscription from Antium commemorating the senator, governor of Numidia and Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius.

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Mithraic shrine debris from Rome

Group of Mithraic and other cult remains possibly originating from several neighbouring sanctuaries destroyed or abandoned in Late Antiquity.

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Monuments of Kamenius from Rome

Mithraic monuments associated with Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius and linked with the inscriptions discussed in entries 395A–B.

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Mithraic remains from Regio XII

Mithraic material whose correct archaeological attribution belongs to Regio XII of ancient Rome.

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Wall paintings from the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca

Two painted decorative phases from the Santa Prisca Mithraeum whose figures became clearer after later conservation work.

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Relief of a wounded bull from Rome

Fragmentary relief from the area of the Porticus of Pompey once interpreted as Mithraic but later identified as a representation of Victoria.

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Mithraic remains from the Castra Praetoria

Archaeological remains connected with the Praetorian camp and the presence of Mithraic worship among the imperial guard.

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Marble cippus of Kamenius from Rome

Marble cippus from the Quirinal residence of Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius preserving references to his Mithraic and other priestly functions.

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Inscription of Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius from Rome

Monumental inscription honouring the senator and Mithraic pater Kamenius together with his numerous priestly offices and initiatory roles.

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Dedication by Apollonius Tetes Syras from Rome

Marble inscription discovered near the Via Cupa mentioning an offering to the invincible Mithras by Apollonius Tetes Syras of Marcianopolis.

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Inscription mentioning a Mithraic collegium from Rome

Inscription now preserved in the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino whose wording may point to the existence of a Mithraic community.

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