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Monumentum
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… 
SyndexiosAurelius Iustinianus
Dux of Pannonia Prima et Noricum Ripense, he built a mithraeum in Poetovio.-
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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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On Mithraism and Freemasonry (1996)
The fraternal order that focussed on the worship of the ancient Iranian god Mithra was probably formed in Iran, Armenia, and Pontus (the southern coastal region of the Black Sea in eastern Anatolia, present-day Turkey). Travelers and colonists from theseS… 
SyndexiosPublius Aelius Nigrinus
Priest of Mithras who dedicated an altar to Petra Genetrix in Carnuntum.
SyndexiosAurelius Agathopus
Probably of Greek descent, he was active in Pannonia Superior by the 2nd century.-
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). 
SyndexiosCaracalla
Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.
SyndexiosIulius Rasci
Roman citizen who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mithras in Teutoburgium.
SyndexiosMarcus Aurelius Fronto
He and his brother, both of the Legio II Adiutrix, built a temple and erected several monuments in Budaors, Pannonia.
SyndexiosMarcus 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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Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania
This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.TNMM430 – CIMRM 2187
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Monumentum
Felsgeburt des Mithras
Mithras Petrogenitus, born from the rock, from the Mithraeum of Carnuntum III.TNMM237 – CIMRM 1687
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Notitia
Porphyry’s Cave of Nymphs
and the Cult of MithrasBetween the 1st and 4th centuries, Mithraism developed throughout the Roman world. Much material exists, but textual evidence is scarce. The only ancient work that fills this gap is Porphyry’s intense and complex essay. 
SyndexiosIustus
Solder of the Legio II Augusta who dedicated a monument to Mithras Invictus in Isca.
SyndexiosClaudius Zenobius
Procurator of Tarraconensis, he dedicated a monument to the Invincible God, Isis and Serapis in Asturica Augusta.
SyndexiosTiberius Claudius Balbilus
Scholar, politician and a court astrologer to the Roman emperors Claudius, Nero and Vespasian.
SyndexiosAdiectus
A slave of a certain Tiberius, he likely dedicated an altar to the invincible god Mithras in Carnuntum.
