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Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana
A certain Blastia or Blastianus made a dedication to Mithras and Silvanus on an altar in Emona, Pannonia.
TNMM635 – CIMRM 1463
D(eo) i(invicto) M(ithrae) / Silvano Augusto / sac(rum). Blastia / C(-?-) E(-?-) B(-?-) [---].
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Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl
The Tauroctony of Stixneusiedl was found in ancient Pannonia Superior, currently Austria.
TNMM278 – CIMRM 1658
D(eo) In(victo) M(ithrae) S(oli) pro s(alute) Aug(ustorum) nn(ostrorum) L(ucii) Sep(timii) / Valerius et Valerianus sex(viri) col(oniae) K(arnunti) / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito)
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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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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…
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Gaius Iulius Castinus
Legate of the Legion II Adiutrix, stationed in Aquincum.
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Aurelius Iustinianus
Dux of Pannonia Prima et Noricum Ripense, he built a mithraeum in Poetovio.
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Altar of Iulius Rasci from Borovo
This Mithraic altar of a certain Iulius Rasci or Racci was found in 1979 in a field in Borovo, Croatia, in the area of the Roman fort of Teutoburgium.
TNMM752
Invicto / Mitre / Iul(ius) Rasci or Racci /[—].
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Bronze plaque of Sisak
This small bronze tabula ansata was dedicated to Mithras by two brothers, probably not related by blood.
TNMM397 – CIMRM 1477
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Aurelius Heraclides / et Agathopus fra/tres v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito).
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Caracalla
Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.
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Iulius Rasci
Roman citizen who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mithras in Teutoburgium.
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Marcus Aurelius Fronto
He and his brother, both of the Legio II Adiutrix, built a temple and erected several monuments in Budaors, Pannonia.
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Marcus Valerius Maximianus
Clarissimus knight and legate born in Poetovio that helped to disseminate the cult of Mithras in the African provinces.
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Adiectus
A slave of a certain Tiberius, he likely dedicated an altar to the invincible god Mithras in Carnuntum.
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Veturius Dubitatus
Veteran and ex duplicarius of ala I civum Romanorum who dedicated an altar to Mithras in Teutoburgium.
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Publius Aelius Nigrinus
Priest of Mithras who dedicated an altar to Petra Genetrix in Carnuntum.
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Marcus Aurelius Frontinianus
Frontinianus and Fronto built a Mithraeum in Budaors, probably on their own property.
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Gaius Sacidius Barbarus
Centurion who dedicated the first known Latin inscription to the invincible Mithras.
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Aurelius Agathopus
Probably of Greek descent, he was active in Pannonia Superior by the 2nd century.
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Gaius Iulius Propinquos
Paid for walls of the Mithraeum III of Carnuntum, Pannonia.
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Marcus Antonius Victorinus
A powerful and wealthy man, founder of a mithraeum in the city of Aquincum of which he was the mayor.