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Thagaste (Souk Ahras (سوق أهراس))

Thagaste was a Roman-Berber city in present-day Algeria, now called Souk Ahras.

Monumentum

Two stone altars with torches from Apt

Two small stone altars from Apt (ancient Apta Iulia) in Narbonensis, one bearing a carved upraised torch representing Cautes and the other a downturned torch representing Cautopates.

Monumentum

Luna bust and Sol head fragments from Entrains-sur-Nohain

Two stone relief fragments from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis: one showing the dressed bust of Luna with a whip and crescent, and another showing the head of Sol with a crown of seven rays and a raven on the cave border.

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Stone base with statue feet from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A small stone base with a rectangular decorated box on its right side, found in the bed of the river Nohain during railway construction at Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, bearing on its top the feet of a statue and the inscription of CIMRM 941…

Monumentum

Base of a Cautes statuette with inscription from Carlisle

The base of a statuette, preserving only one foot of Cautes, found at Luguvallium (modern Carlisle), bearing a dedication to Deus Cautes by Iulius, the archietus.

Monumentum

Altar "Deo Soli Invicto" from Stanford

An altar mentioned by Stukeley as being kept in his garden at Stanford (ancient Hattwifel), bearing the inscription Deo Soli Invicto.

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Inscription "Soli Invicto Augusto Sacrum" from Capera

A square stone from La Oliva near Capera (modern Cáparra) in Extremadura, bearing an inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus Augustus.

Monumentum

Cippus of Cestius Acidius Perennis dedicated to Sol and Luna from Lisbon

A great cippus from Olisipo (modern Lisbon), recording a dedication to Sol and Luna by Cestius Acidius Perennis, legate of the Emperor and propraetor of the province of Lusitania.

Monumentum

Marble relief of standing torchbearer from Cataio

A large relief in Italian marble kept in the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a standing torchbearer who holds his torch with both hands.

Monumentum

Statue of Cautopates pointing torch at rock from Cataio

A marble statue from the south wall of the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire (Cautopates) with a sorrowful expression, standing beside a rock at which he points his torch.

Monumentum

Bronze statuette of Cautopates with ram's head, found in Italy

A small bronze statuette reportedly found in Italy and now in the British Museum in London, depicting a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire (Cautopates) pointing a broken torch downwards with his right hand and holding a ram's head in his left.

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Inscription of Callistus dedicated to Cautopates from Belignae

An inscription found behind the parochial house at Belignae near Aquileia, recording a dedication by Callistus to the august Cautopates.

Monumentum

Inscription of Q. Muielius Iustus dedicated to Sol from Trento

A brief inscription from Trento (ancient Tridentum) recording a dedication to Sol by Q. Muielius Iustus together with his family.

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Base of Q. Muielius Iustus dedicated to the Genetrix from Trento

A square base found with its companion piece at Trento, dedicated to the Genetrix of the god in thanks for a birth by Q. Muielius Iustus and his family.

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Inscription of L. Claudius Iustio with his sons from Trento

An inscription from Trento (ancient Tridentum) recording a gift dedicated to the Invincible Mithras by L. Claudius Iustio together with his sons Iustus and Iustinus.

Monumentum

Double-sided limestone relief with raven and tauroctony from Val di Non

A double-sided limestone relief found near Meclo in Val di Non in 1895, now in the Museo Nazionale at Trento, with a raven and altar scene on the obverse and scenes on the reverse showing a figure attacking a kneeling Phrygian-capped person and Mithras as a bull-carrier…

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Inscription of Sextus Dugius Valentio, sevir augustalis, from Brescia

An inscription from Brescia (ancient Brixia) recording an ex-voto dedication to Sol Deus Invictus by Sextus Dugius Valentio, a sevir augustalis of the city.

Monumentum

Limestone tauroctony relief from San Zeno di Romedio, near Trento

A limestone low-relief tauroctony fragment found in 1869 near the entrance of the valley of San Zeno di Romedio in the Trentino, now in the Museum at Trento, showing a primitive Mithras bullkiller with Cautes upraised, the bust of Luna and an inscription on the lower border…

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Stone vases and ritual vessels from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of ritual vessels from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, including a stone vase, a plate with a lion's head in relief, a terra-sigillata plate with a hunting scene, and an urn filled with ash, bird bones, and rings…

Monumentum

Oversized stone hand with projection from Saarburg Mithraeum

A stone hand of more than natural size from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, with the thumb touching the index finger and a rectangular projection in the palm on which an object was probably fastened.

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