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The New Mithraeum Database

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Syndexios

Hector Corneliorum

Hector erected an altar to Mithras in Emerita Augusta by means of a ‘divine vision’.

 
Monumentum

Funerary inscription of Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius

Late Roman funerary inscription from Antium commemorating the senator, governor of Numidia and Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius.

 
Monumentum

Fragmentary tauroctony from Solin

This large limestone fragment from Roman Salona preserves the hind part of the bull together with Mithras’ foot and traces of his red tunic.

 
Monumentum

Altar with donor lists from Solin

This inscribed limestone altar from Roman Salona preserves several lists of ministers associated with the Tritones collegium during the Tetrarchic period.

 
Locus

Viminacium (Požarevac)

Viminacium was a major city, military camp, and the capital of the Roman province of Moesia.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment from Entrains

This fragmentary tauroctony from Roman Gaul preserves a striking raven behind Mithras’ cloak and the bust of Sol in the upper corner.

 
Monumentum

Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere

The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves a remarkable series of frescoes depicting scenes from the initiation rites.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief from Fleischmann Collection

This relief of Mithras killing the bull includes an unusual owl at the feet of Cautopates and a cock next to Cautes.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony framed by acanthus leaves

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull, framed by acanthus leaves, was sold at auction in 2011 by Bonhams.

 
Monumentum

Birth of Mithras

Mithras emerging from the rock with torch and dagger beside a reclining Oceanus or Saturn.

 
Monumentum

Mithraic relief from Baris

The Mithraic relief from Baris, in present-day Turkey, shows what appears to be a proto-version of the Tauroctony, with a winged Mithras surrounded by two Victories.

 
Monumentum

Goblet from Angers

The spherical ceramic cup found at the Mithraeum in Angers bears an inscription to the unconquered god Mithras.

 
Monumentum

Basin from Mitreo della Planta Pedis

This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Santo Domingo de Silos

Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

 
Locus

Carsulae (San Gemini)

Carsulae was a Roman municipium in the region of Umbria, now preserved as an archaeological site, about 4 km north of the small town of San Gemini. Its foundation dates back to 220 BC with the construction of the Via Flaminia.

 
Locus

Diana Veteranorum (Ain Zana)

Diana Veteranorum, today a village called Ain Zana, was an ancient Roman-Berber city in Algeria.

 
Locus

Florentia (Florence)

Florentia was a Roman city in the Arno valley from which Florence originated.

 
Locus

Cosa (Ortobello)

Cosa was an ancient Roman city near the present Ansedonia in southwestern Tuscany, Italy.

 
Locus

Castrum Zerzevan (Diyarbakır's Çınar)

Zerzevan Castle, also known as Samachi Castle, is a ruined Eastern Roman castle, a former important military base, in Diyarbakır Province, southeastern Turkey.

 
Locus

Vercovicium / Borcovicus (Hexham)

Housesteads Roman Fort is the remains of an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England, south of Broomlee Lough.

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