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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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    Monumentum

    Altar by Hermanio of Poetovio

    A certain Hermanio has been identified in the dedication of several monuments in different cities in Dacia and even in Rome.

    TNMM581

    Cauti // pro salute Fl(avi) / Hermadionis / et Aviti Syriac(i) / et filiorum / Felix libert(us)
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    Monumentum

    Inscription by Propinquos of Carnuntum

    On this slab, Gaius Iulius Propinquos indicates that he made a wall of the Mithraeum at his own expense.

    TNMM493 – CIMRM 1693

    C(aius) Iul(ius) Propin/quos (sic) pariete(m) / ex voto / impensa sua.
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    Monumentum

    Consecration for Jupiter and Hercules

    This marble relief was found in a Mithraeum in Ptuj.

    TNMM258

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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…
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    Gaius Iulius Castinus

    Legate of the Legion II Adiutrix, stationed in Aquincum.
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    Monumentum

    Altar of Veturius Dubitatus from Dalj

    This limestone altar dedicated to Mithras by a certain Veturius Dubitatus was found in Dalj, Croatia, in 1910.

    TNMM751 – CIMRM 1635

    I(nvicto) d(eo) M(ithrae) / [Ve?]t(urius) Du/[bi]tatus / [vet(eranus)] a(lae) I (primae) c(ivium) R(omanorum) / [e]x dupl(icario) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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    Monumentum

    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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    Aurelius Iustinianus

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

    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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    Monumentum

    Altar by Florus from El Gahara

    This altar is dedicated to the god Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Florus, a veteran of the Legio III Augusta.

    TNMM780 – CIMRM 153

    [deo] Soli invicto / Mithrae / [Gel?]lius Florus / [vet(eranus?)] leg(ionis) III aug(ustae) / ... us Pastor / [si]g(nifer) al(ae) I Pa[nn(oniorum] / [Pom]ponius Ma/[xi]mus b(ene)f(iciarius) / [co] (n)…
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    Mithraeum VI of Aquincum

    A sixth temple dedicated to Mithras has been identified for the first time in the military sector of the ancient Roman city of Aquincum.

    TNMM760

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    Monumentum

    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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    Monumentum

    Relief fragment of Ptuj

    Several Mithraic scenes, including Mithras with Saturn, Mithras with Sol and Mithras' Ascension, are depicted on this fragment of a relief from Ptuj.

    TNMM391 – CIMRM 1579

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    Monumentum

    Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj

    Cautes and Cautopates attend the birth of Mithras from the rock in the Petrogenia of the third Mithraeum of Ptuj.

    TNMM204 – CIMRM 1593, 1594

    D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) officialium Apri prae/positi leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII gem(inae) / Galli(enarum).
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    Monumentum

    Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj

    This altar from Ptuj, present-day Poetovio, is decorated with various Mithraic animals such as a tortoise, a cock and a crow and other objects.

    TNMM413 – CIMRM 1496, 1497

    Invict(o) Mithrae / et Transitu dei / Theodorus p(ublici) p(ortorii) / scrut(ator) stat(ionis) Poet(ovionensis) / ex visu.
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    Monumentum

    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).