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Monumentum

Lion of Carnuntum III
Exceptional sculpture of a lion devouring a bull's head founded in 1894 in Carnuntum, Pannonia.
TNMM495 – CIMRM 1690
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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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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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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.
Monumentum

Altar of Aelius Valerianus from Illmitz
Found in Illmitz, Austria, in 1959, this altar was dedicated to the unconquered god Mithras by a certain Aelius Valerianus.
TNMM790 – CIMRM 2375
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / P(ublius) Aelius) Vale/rianus miles) / leg(ionis) XIIII g(eminae) s/trator c/o(n)s(ularis) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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Publius Aelius Valerianus
Soldier of Legio XIII Gemina and strator consularis who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mithras.
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Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares
Altar with Cautes and Cautopates dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras as protector of the Tetrarchy in 3rd-century Carnuntum.
TNMM524 – CIMRM 1697, 1698
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / fautori imperii sui / Iovii et Herculii / religiosissimi / Augusti et Caesares / sacrarium / restituerunt.
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Sisak
This marble relief, found in Sisak, Croatia, shows Mithras killing the bull in a circle of corn ears, gods and some scenes from the Mithras myth.
TNMM784 – CIMRM 1475
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Altar by Aurelius Eutyches from Siscia
This altar, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Eutyches for the health of the Emperor Caracalla, was found in Sisak, Croatia, in 1899.
TNMM783 – CIMRM 1476
S(oli) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) / Imp(eratoris) Caesar(is) / M(arci) Aur(eli) Anto/nini P(ii) F(elicis) Aug(usti) / Aur(elius) Eutyches / ex voto.
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Aurelius Eutyches
Imperial slave who donated an altar to Mithras for the benefit of the emperor Caracalla.
Mithraeum

Mitreo dels Munts
The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the largest known to date.
TNMM31
Monumentum

Tabula ansata from Brigetio
The tablet shows a dedication by a Roman soldier.
TNMM252 – CIMRM 1739
Deo Invicto / Ulpius Sabinus / miles legio/nis primae / (A)diutricis.
Monumentum

Incensiary vessel of Dieburg
The vessel to burn incense from the Mithraeum of Dieburg is similar to those found in other Roman cities of Germany.
TNMM409 – CIMRM 1269
Monumentum

Iron sword and crown of Güglingen
Several iron fragments found in the second mithraeum of Güglingen may have been used during mithraic ceremonies.
TNMM377
Monumentum

Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum
Aelius Nigrinus dedicated this small altar in Carnuntum to the rock from which Mithras was born.
TNMM722 – CIMRM 1674
Petrae / Genetrici / P(ublius) Ael(ius) Nigri/nus sacerd(os) / v(otum) s(olvit).
Mithraeum

Mithraeum I of Ptuj
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
TNMM185 – CIMRM 1487
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Titus Flavius Verecundus
He was a centurion from Savaria, serving in Legio XIV Gemina based in Carnuntum.