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The New Mithraeum Database

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Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Stefano Rotondo

These two parallel altars to the diophores were dedicated by the Pater and a Leo from the Mithraeum of S. Stefano Rotondo.

 
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Tauroctony from Circo Massimo

This remarkable marble relief from the end of the 3rd century was discovered in the most remote room of the Mithraeum in the Circo Massimo.

 
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Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection

Maarten Vermaseren acquired this rosso antico marble of Mithras slaying the bull in 1961.

 
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Tauroctony found under the Palazzo Montecitorio (CIMRM 430)

This relief was found under the Palazzo Montecitorio, in Rome, and bought by the Liebighaus at Frankfort.

 
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Tauroctony from Leonardo Agostini book

Tauroctony from a gemme, printed on Le gemme antiche figurate di Leonardo Agostini.

 
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Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco

This sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was bequeathed to the Republic of Venice in 1793 by Ambassador Girolamo Zulian.

 
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Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill

Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.

 
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Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.

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Symphorus

Dedicated a sculpture of Mithras killing the bull in the 4th mithraeum of Aquincum together with Marcus.

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Corbulo

Danube region can be traced back to the legions that fought under his command in Armenia.

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Tiberius Claudius Balbilus

Scholar, politician and a court astrologer to the Roman emperors Claudius, Nero and Vespasian.

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Kastos (son)

Together with his father, Kastos dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.

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Elagabalus

Roman emperor at the age of 14, from 218 to his death in 222, Elagabalus was a main priest of the sun god Elagabal in Emesa.

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Rufius Caeionius Sabinus

Senator and Pater Sacrorum of Mithras, who consecrated several monuments in Rome in the late 4th century.

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Tiridates I

Founder of the Arasacid dynasty, Tiridates I was crowned king of Armenia by Nero in 66.

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Vettius Agorius Praetextatus

One of the most eminent representatives of late antique pagan religiosity, combining high civic authority with deep initiation into multiple mystery traditions, including the cult of Mithras.

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Aulus Caedicius Priscianus

Eques Romanus and Pater active in S. Stefano Rotondo.

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Nero

Fifth Roman emperor and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 until his death in 68.

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Commodus

Roman emperor, son of the emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.

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Tiberius Claudius Thermodon

Dedicated multiple monuments to Mithras, Fortuna Primigenia and Diana in Etruria.

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