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    Monumentum

    Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj

    This inscription belongs to the 4th mithraeum found in the modern town of Ptuj.

    TNMM644 – CIMRM 1614

    Templum / dei{i} Sol(is) Inv(icti) Mit(hrae) / Aure[l(ius)] Iusti/nianus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) / dux labefa/ctatum re/stituit.
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    Monumentum

    Intaglio with Tauroctony from Munich

    This heliotrope gem, depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dates from the 2nd-3rd century, but was reused as an amulet in the 13th century.

    TNMM550

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    Liber

    Roman Religion in the Danubian Provinces. Space Sacralisation and Religious Communication during the Principate (1st–3rd century AD) (2022)

    The Danubian provinces represent one of the largest macro-units within the Roman Empire, with a large and rich heritage of Roman material evidence. Although the notion itself is a modern 18th-century creation, this region represents a unique area, where t…
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    Liber

    The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity. Development, Decline and Demise ca. A.D. 270-430 (2018)

    In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult…
  • Syndexios

    Aurelius Iustinianus

    Dux of Pannonia Prima et Noricum Ripense, he built a mithraeum in Poetovio.
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    Monumentum

    Cult vessel with snake representations of St. Egyden

    Upon first examination, archaeologists interpreted the inscription on the cult vessel from Gradishje as referencing Mithras, though it has since been re-evaluated.

    TNMM340

    [---?] D(eo?) d(onum?) || fec(erunt) / [---?] / [Pet?]ronius / Maximinu/s / [A?]cilius / Vibio.
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    Monumentum

    Inscription by Velox of Aquileia

    Marble slab with inscription by Velox for the salvation of the chief of the iron mines of Noricum.

    TNMM603 – CIMRM 747

    Pro salute / Tiberi Claudi / Macronis con(ductoris) / fer(rariarum) Nor(icarum) Velox ser(vus) / vil(icus) spel(a)eum cum / omni apparatu fecit.
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    Monumentum

    Mithraic vase of Mühltal

    The Mühltal Mithraic crater was discovered among the artefacts of a mithraeum found in Pfaffenhoffen am Inn, Bavaria.

    TNMM393

    Deo invicto Mitr[a]e Ma[rt- or -tern]inus.
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    Monumentum

    Plaque with the list of worshippers of Virunum

    The bronze bears the dedication of a restoration of a Mithraeum carried out in 183.

    TNMM375

    D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) pro salute imp(eratoris) [[Commodi]] Auglustil pii / qui templum vii conlapsum impendio suo restituerunt / et mortalitat8is) causa convener(unt) / Marullo et Aeliano coln/s(…
  • Syndexios

    Secundinus

    Imperial slave and head of the customs statio of Esca in Noricum.
  • Syndexios

    Firmidius Severinus

    Firmidius Severinus was a soldier who served in the Legio VIII Augusta for 26 years.
  • Syndexios

    Apronianus

    Public treasurer known for several inscriptions to Mithras found in San Silvestro.
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    Monumentum

    Altar of Secundinus from Bad Ischl

    A certain Secundinus, steward of the emperor, dedicated this altar to Mithras in Noricum, today Austria.

    TNMM749 – CIMRM 1407

    D(eo) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Secun/dinus Aug(usti) n(ostri) v/il(icus) sta/t(ionis) Esc(ensis) vo/t(um) ret(tulit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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    Locus

    Esca

    The Bad Ischl area has been inhabited since the time of the prehistoric Hallstatt culture. Documentary evidence of the settlement dates back to 1262, when it was referred to as Iselen.
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    Locus

    Ad Enum

    Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany.
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    Locus

    Virunum

    Claudium Virunum was a Roman city in the province of Noricum, on today's Zollfeld in the Austrian State of Carinthia.
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    Monumentum

    Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus

    This monument dedicated to 'Invicto Patrio' was found in Milan in 1869.

    TNMM530 – CIMRM 709

    Invicto / patrio / Ulb(ius) Gaianus / praef(ectus) vehic(ulorum).
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    Monumentum

    Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus

    Marble plaque with inscription by a certain Ursinus found in Virunum in 1838.

    TNMM532 – CIMRM 1443

    Deo invic/to Metras / Ursianus do/num posuet.
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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Virunum

    A bronze plaque records the existence of a mithraeum at Virunum that collapsed and was rebuilt by members of the community.

    TNMM401

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    Monumentum

    Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus

    This marble gives some details of the reconstruction of the Virunum Mithraeum.

    TNMM455 – CIMRM 1431

    D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) templum vetusta(te) / conlabsum quot (sic) fuit / per annos amplius / L desertum, Aur(elius) / Hermodorus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) pr(aeses) pr(ovinciae) N(orici) / M(edi)t(err…