The New Mithraeum Database

Two small heads wearing Phrygian caps, probably representing the Mithraic torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates, from Turin (ancient Augusta Taurinorum) and held in the Museum at Turin.

An altar found in 1830 at the ancient site of Industria near Monteu da Po in Liguria, bearing a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by C. Industrius Verus.

A fragmentary inscription on the right side of a marble slab from Tortona (ancient Dertona) in Liguria, partially legible as a dedication to Deus Sol Mithras Invictus.

A white marble relief fragment found in a house at Ganaceto near Modena in 1845, now in the Museo Lapidario in Modena, showing Cautes in Eastern attire and anaxyrides cross-legged, with a fragment of Mithras' flying cloak according to Cumont.

Five fragments of a red terra-sigillata vessel showing Cautopates with his torch pointing downwards, in Eastern attire and cross-legged, with the hoof of the bull's hindleg before him, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis.

A red terra-sigillata cup bearing a relief tauroctony of Mithras, with Cautes and Cautopates cross-legged on either side, found at Alesia (Mont-Auxois) in Lugdunensis and now kept at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

A brief inscription reading D(eo) M(ithrae), found inside a fullonica at Pola (modern Pula) in a room that had once served as a vestibule.

The inscription on the votive altar No. 756 from Pola (modern Pula), reading Soli above the head of Sol and Milace / Atticus under the head, recording the dedication by a person named Atticus.

An inscription found in the church of San Felice at Aquileia, recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Deus Invictus by Feronius Censor, with a head of Sol carved between the first two words.

An inscription from Aquileia recording a joint dedication to Deus Sol by the invincible Emperors Diocletian and Maximian, comparable to their dedication to Apollo Belenus elsewhere in the city.

A fragmentary epistyle from Aquileia preserving part of the inscription [Deo In]victo [Mi]th[rae], indicating the presence of a Mithraic sanctuary in the city.

A fragmentary inscription found in the foundations of the Theodosian walls at Aquileia, recording a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by ...ntius Manilianus.

A fragmentary inscription from Aquileia, probably dedicated to Cautopates, recording a soldier named Marcianus, optio of the Second Adiutrix Legion, who fulfilled his vow for the welfare of himself and his family.

An inscription copied at San Marco's in Venice in 1829, recording a dedication by Q. Baienus Proculus, pater nomimus, to Sol.

Two inscriptions found at Aquileia in 1805, both dedicated by Q. Baienus Proculus as pater, the first to Cautopates and the second to Cautes.

A small relief fragment from Aquileia, now in the Lapidary Museum at Trieste, preserving part of Mithras' flying cloak and the head of one of the torchbearers.

An inscription from the vicus Vicciomitum in Milan (ancient Mediolanum), recording a votive dedication to the Invincible Mithras by L. Atilius Pupinius on a site granted by decree of the town council.

Gessius Castus and Gessius Severus have placed a decorated stutue and left testimony on this inscription below.

A decorated inscription with egg-and-dart moulding found in the castle of La Fratta near Montefalco in Umbria, bearing a brief dedication to Sol Invictus.

Head formerly associated with Mithraic material but interpreted by Margarete Bieber as a dying Giant.