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The New Mithraeum Database

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Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres (Sette Sfere) is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.

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Tauroctony from the Cortile del Belvedere

The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.

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Altar of Titus Claudius Frontinus from Eisenstadt

Altar from Eisenstadt, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Titus Claudius Frontinus, centurion of Legio XIIII Gemina.

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Great tauroctony from Gross-Krotzenburg

Large two-fragment sandstone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Gross-Krotzenburg, one of the most significant Mithraic monuments in the region

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Tauroctony from Dragus

The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.

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Altar of Caius with Transitus dedication from Carnuntum

Altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to the Transitus — the Mithraic transit ritual — by Caius, an association also attested at Brigetio and Poetovio.

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Altar of Quintus Livinius Senecio from Carnuntum

Lost inscription from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Soli invicto deo by Quintus Livinius Senecio, veteran of Legio XIIII Gemina; dated to the second or third century.

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Altar of Aurelius Exuperatus from Carnuntum

Sandstone altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, found near the theatre in 1890, dedicated to Deo Soli by Aurelius Exuperatus.

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Altar of Sacellus to Deo Soli invicto from Carnuntum

Small sandstone altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by a dedicant whose name reads Sacellus; found in the Burgfeld in 1878.

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Altar of Lucius Aelius Leo miles from Carnuntum

Altar from Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Lucius Aelius Leo, miles of Legio XIIII Gemina.

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Altar of Caius Rip- from Carnuntum

Small altar from Petronell, ancient Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Mithras (spelt Motre) by Caius Rip-, who made the altar as merited; the garbled spelling suggests a non-Latin speaker.

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Altar of Aurelius Vi- from Carnuntum

Altar from Petronell, ancient Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Aurelius, whose name is only partially preserved.

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Altar of Munatius from Mithraeum III, Carnuntum

Small sandstone altar from Mithraeum III at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated by Munatius, a centurion of an unspecified legion.

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Altar of Valerius Victorinus optio from Mithraeum I, Carnuntum

Altar from Mithraeum I at Carnuntum, Pannonia Superior, dedicated to Deo invicto by Valerius Victorinus, optio of Legio X Gemina.

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Altar dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae from Mainz

Two sandstone altar fragments from Mainz, ancient Mogontiacum, with a partially preserved dedication to Deo invicto Mithrae

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Tauroctony relief from Mainz

Fragment of a white sandstone tauroctony relief from Mainz, ancient Mogontiacum, found reused in the wall of a house in 1864

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Altar with snake from Heddernheim

Small sandstone altar from Mithraeum I at Heddernheim, ancient Nida, bearing a snake and cult imagery consistent with Mithraic worship

Syndexios

Lucius Apuleius Marcellus

North African author, Platonic philosopher and rhetorician associated with the Mithraic milieu of Ostia.

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Mithras birth from Petronell

Only parts of the knees of Mithras, emerging from the rock, have been preserved from this monument of Petronell-Carnuntum, Austria.

Notitia

A Man of the Gods and Mysteries. On Vettius Agorius Praetextatus

At Rome’s twilight, amid political upheaval and Christian ascendancy, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus embodied pagan intellect, virtue, and authority across senatorial, military, and mystical spheres.

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