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Marble tauroctony from Apulum

White marble tauroctony relief from Apulum, Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull in a grotto with dog and serpent; formerly in a private collection in Budapest.

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Altar of a legionary legate from Apulum

Slab from near the Cathedral at Alba Julia, Apulum in Dacia, found in 1725, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by a legionary legate.

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Statues of man and woman from Apulum

Statues of a man and a woman from the same Mithraic context at Apulum, Dacia; no further details are known.

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Altar of Claudius Niger to Iuppiter from Apulum

Altar from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Iovi optimo maximo by Claudius Niger; included in the Mithraic corpus by proximity to other monuments from the same context.

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Altar of Aelius Gordianus from Apulum

Limestone capital reused as an altar at Apulum, Dacia, its top scraped off, bearing a dedication to Soli Mithrae by Aelius Gordianus.

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Altar of Caius Iulius Marcianus from Apulum

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Caius Iulius Marcianus, signifer of Legio XIII Gemina.

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Altar of Titus Aurelius Marcus from Apulum

Limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae as a gift by Titus Aurelius Marcus (tribu Fabia), veteran of Legio XIII Gemina.

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Torso with bull's head from Apulum

Limestone statue torso from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, found with the preceding piece, depicting a person in Oriental dress carrying a bull's head in his left hand; head, arms, and legs are lost.

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Open-work tauroctony from Apulum

Fragment of an open-work marble tauroctony from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, preserving Mithras's head with only the snout of the bull; the relief is framed by a border.

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Rock-birth statue from Mureș Port

Dark sandstone statue from Mureș Port, Dacia, depicting Mithras's rock-birth with the rock encircled by a serpent; the statue's attribution to Mureș Port rather than Apulum is uncertain.

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Altar of Lucanus to Deo invicto omnipotenti from Mureș Port

Inscription from Mureș Port, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto omnipotenti Mithrae by Lucanus, who fulfilled his vow.

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Altar of an Augustalis from Mureș Port

Limestone altar from Mureș Port near Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Invicto Mithrae; the dedicant is identified only as Augustalis (coloniae?).

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Altar of Aurelius Victorinus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Aurelius Victorinus.

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Tauroctony relief fragment from Turda castrum

Marble relief fragment found in the Turda castrum in 1954, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol in the upper left corner and Mithras grasping the bull; remnants of a wreath are visible in the upper right.

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Altar of the Augustales from Cluj

Limestone altar from Cluj, ancient Napoca in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the ordo Augustalis.

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Tauroctony slab from Golubić

Two white limestone blocks from Golubić near Bihać, Dalmatia, depicting the standard Mithraic tauroctony scene.

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Zodiac fragment from Salona area

Oval relief fragment from the outskirts of Split near ancient Salona, Dalmatia, preserving two zodiacal signs — probably from a border decoration of a Mithraic monument.

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Bull's head fragment from Salona

Limestone relief fragment from Salona or its surroundings, Dalmatia, preserving a very fine bull's head and the left hand of Mithras.

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Rock-birth relief from Salona

White limestone relief fragment from the walls of Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1906, depicting naked Mithras being born from the rock with a dagger in his right hand and a torch in his left.

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Tauroctony fragment from Salona

Limestone tauroctony relief fragment from Salona, Dalmatia, preserving the foremost part of the bull, the dog, the serpent, and part of Mithras's dagger hand.

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