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Mithraeum of Housesteads

The Housesteads Mithraeum is an underground temple, now burried, discovered in 1822 in a slope of the Chapel Hill, outside of the Roman Fort at the Hadrian's Wall.

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Commodus

Roman emperor traditionally regarded as the first ruler initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras.

 
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Mithras head of Walbrook

The Mithras's head of Walbrook probable belonged to a life-size scene of the god scarifying the bull.

 
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CIMRM 939 = 1324

Stela dedicated to Mithras Invictus, found in 1895–1896 at Epamantodurum (modern Mandeure), in the territory of the civitas Sequanorum (Gallia Belgica). The inscription records a vow to Mithras Invictus made for the welfare of Sextus Maenius Pudens.

 
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Tauroctony from Sarrebourg

The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.

 
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Mithras rock-birth of Trier

The relief depicts the birth of Mithras, holding a globe, surrounded by the zodiac.

 
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Serapis head from Mérida

This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.

 
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Sculpted head from Florentia

Head formerly associated with Mithraic material but interpreted by Margarete Bieber as a dying Giant.

 
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Tauroctony from Nesce

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.

 
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Stucco tauroctony room from Agurzano near Rome

A subterranean room with a stucco depiction of Mithras slaying the bull, probably from the fourth century, discovered at Agurzano near Ponte Mammolo on the Via Tiburtina outside Rome.

 
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Mithraic relief from Rome

Mithraic relief from Rome reproduced in figure 169 of the corpus.

 
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Small arula dedicated to Helios Mithras from Rome

Small marble arula found near the church of SS. Apostoli in Rome, bearing a brief Greek dedication to Helios Mithras Invictus.

 
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Bronze lamella of C. Veratius Faustinus from Rome

Bronze lamella probably from Rome, found in 1729, bearing a dedication to Sol Sanctissimus by C. Veratius Faustinus, a soldier of the third praetorian cohort.

 
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Marble head of Mithras from Rome

Marble head in the Museo Baracco, Rome, generally described as an Alexander but very probably representing Mithras with his eyes lifted towards heaven; the back of the head is finished obliquely with a small hole for fastening a Phrygian cap.

 
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Fragment of Mithras tauroktonos relief from Villa Wolkonsky, Rome

Fragment of a relief from the Villa Wolkonsky showing the usual representation of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog, serpent and scorpion; the bull's head, Mithras' head and right foot are lost.

 
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Marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Palazzo Vaccari, Via del Tritone, Rome

Marble relief formerly in the Palazzo Alberoni and then the Palazzo Vaccari on Via del Tritone, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven on the god's cloak, the serpent, dog and scorpion, and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners.

 
Monumentum

Candelabrum of Doryphorus

This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.

 
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Mitreo di Santa Prisca

The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.

 
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Cippus à Zeus Helios great Serapis

This small cippus to Zeus, Helios and Serapis includes Mithras as one of the main gods, although some authors argue that it could be the name of the donor.

 
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Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus

The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.

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