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Marble relief with Sol, Jupiter Dolichenus and Luna from the Castra, Rome

Marble relief with the dressed busts of Sol with five rays, a long-bearded man, and Luna with crescent, found in the camp of the equites singulares near the Scala Santa, now in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme.

 
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Wall paintings from the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca

Two painted decorative phases from the Santa Prisca Mithraeum whose figures became clearer after later conservation work.

 
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Mariana (Lucciana)

Mariana is a Roman site south of Biguglia, in the Haute-Corse département of the Corsica région of south-east France.

 
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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.

 
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Marble statue of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome

White marble statue found near the Scala Santa in Rome depicting Mithras as bull-slayer, accompanied by the dog, serpent and scorpion, with the bull’s tail ending in ears of grain.

 
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Altar by Septimius Zosimus from Roma

This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

 
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Tauroctony from Mithras and Tellus

This tauroctony relief is distinguished by the rare depiction of Tellus reclining beneath the bull.

 
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Mithriaca IV. Le Monument d'Ottaviano Zeno et le culte de Mithra sur le Célius

Ce 4e fascicule de Mithriaca concerne un très curieux monument exhumé au XVIe siècle sur le site d'un Mithraeum qu'on localise tout près de l'église S. Maria in Domnica, non loin de S. Stefano Rotondo où un autre spelaeum fut mis au jour en 1973…

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Marcus Aemilius Chrysanthus

Freedman of the two Marcus and 'magister of the first year'.

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Agatho

Agatho has dedicated several monuments to Mithras in the Coelian Hill.

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Marceleus Marianus

Donated the monumental relief of Sarrebourg.

 
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Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol

These three fragments of carved marble depict Jupiter, Sol, Luna and a naked man wearing a Phrygian cap, with inscriptions calling Mithras Sanctus Dominum.

 
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Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos

Peter Mark Adams: ‘The initiation was a frightening experience that caused some people to panic as a flood of otherworldly entities swept through the ritual space.’.

 
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Un sanctuaire dédié au dieu Mithra découvert en Corse

L’Inrap vient de mettre au jour un lieu de culte dédié au dieu Mithra sur le site de Mariana, à Lucciana, France.

 
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Frescoes of lions at Santa Prisca

Procession of Leones carrying animals, bread, a krater, and other objects in preparation for a feast.

 
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Mithréum de Lucciana, Corsica

For the first time, a Mithraeum has been discovered in Corsica, at the site of Mariana, Lucciana (Haute-Corse).

 
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The Excavations in the Mithraeum of the Church of Santa Prisca in Rome

The Mithraeum under and behind S. Prisca on the Aventine is without doubt the most important sanctuary of the Persian god in Rome.

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Julian

The last pagan emperor of Rome, closely associated with Mithras and Neoplatonic interpretations of the Sun God.

 
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Mithraic texts from Santa Prisca

Preliminary readings of the painted Mithraic texts later revised after additional research and restoration.

 
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Tauroctony from via di Borgo

This relief of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome bears the inscription of three brothers, two of them lions.

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