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The main Tauroctony of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere is a fresco including a white bull.

CIMRM 181

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The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.

CIMRM 180

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This is the first of several scenes depicting the initiation of a new member into the Mysteries of Mithras, in Capua Vetere.

CIMRM 187

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In the Mithraeum of S. Capua Veteres, Cautes stands between two laurel trees.

CIMRM 182

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The vault of the Mithraeum of S. Capua Vetere is ornamented with stars with holes in their centres, which used to contain colourful glass decorations.

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The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere includes a marble relief depicting a child Eros guiding Psyche through the dark.

CIMRM 186

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This scene from the frescoes of the Mithreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere shows the myste on one knee with the mystagogus behind him.

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Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

CIMRM 188

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Luna riding a biga in the Mithraeum of Santa Capua Vetere.

CIMRM 184

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Video of the Comune di Marino on the Mithraeum of Marino