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La grotta del Mitreo

The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.

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Birth of Mithras

Mithras emerging from the rock with torch and dagger beside a reclining Oceanus or Saturn.

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Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva from the Caelian Mithraeum

This marble relief bears an inscription by Marcus Modius Agatho, who dedicated several monuments to Mithras on the Caelian Hill in Rome.

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Mithraic relief from Baris

The Mithraic relief from Baris, in present-day Turkey, shows what appears to be a proto-version of the Tauroctony, with a winged Mithras surrounded by two Victories.

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Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios

Stele representing Apollo-Mithras-Helios in a Hellenistic nude fashion, shaking hands with Antiochus I.

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Tauroctony from the Gran Mitreo de Mérida

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.

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Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

This small monument bears the inscriptions of a certain Caelius Ermeros, antistes at the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls.

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Altar from the Mitreo di Marino

The monument is engraved with an inscription by Cresces, the donor.

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Female statue from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres

Fragmentary marble statue of a woman from the Mithraeum delle Sette Porte.

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Radiate bronze head of Mithras

Bronze head of Mithras in a radiate Phrygian cap.

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Head of Mithras from Mackwiller

This fragment of the head of a young Mithras is one of the finds made during the excavations carried out by Jean-Jacques Hatt at Mackwiller, France, in 1955.

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Mithras Tauroctonus from private collection

Marble group of Mithras slaying the bull, formerly sold by Antiquarium Ltd., New York.

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Mithraic vignettes from Ptuj

These fragments of a cult relief of Mithras were found at the Mithraeum II of Ptuj, Slovenia.

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Mithraic arcosolium of Catacombe de Marcellino e Pietro

A dinner scene with Sabina from the Catacombe dei Santi Marcellino e Pietro, near Rome, may have been commissioned by a follower of Mithras.

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Mithras petrogenitus of the Esquilino

The relief of Mithras being born from the rock of the Esquiline shows the young god naked, as usual, with a torch and a dagger in his hands.

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Mithraic altar from Venosa

This altar dedicated to Helios Mithras by a certain Sagaris was repurposed in the masonry of Palazzo Bagnoli, Venosa, Italy.

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Fragmentary statue of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rusicade

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Rusicade, today Skikda, Algeria.

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Tauroctony from the Mitreo dell’Esquilino

This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.

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Mithras rock-born from Housesteads

A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.

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