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Emerita Augusta was founded in 25 BC by order of the Emperor Augustus to protect a pass and a bridge over the Guadiana River. The city became the capital of the province of Lusitania and one of the most important cities in the Roman Empire.
This scene of a feast from Mérida shows three persons at a table with other people standing beside them, one holding a bull’s head on a plate.
The Aion-Chronos of Mérida was found near the bullring of the current city, once capital of the Roman province Hispania Ulterior.
These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.
Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.
The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.
The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.
The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.
This standing sculptural figure from Mérida appears to carry the serpent staff, characteristic of the medicine god Aesculapius.
The Venus pudica of Merida stands next to the young Amor riding a dolplhin.
This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.
This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.
This nude male figure, found at Cerro de San Albín, Mérida, has been identified as Cautes.
The Mithraeum at Espronceda Street, in Merida, was discovered in 2000. It is a semi-subterranean temple.
The small Mithraic altar found at Cerro de San Albin, Merida, bears an inscription to the health of a certain Caius Iulius.
This fragmented altar was found in two pieces that Ana Osorio Calvo has recently brought together.
Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.
The Isis of Merida is covered by a long dress that reaches down to her feet.
The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.
The lack of attributes and its decontextualisation prevent us from attributing a specific Mithraic attribution to this small Venus pudica from Mérida.
