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Zeus Brontoon sanctuary near Villa dei Quintili

Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.

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Fragmentary marble relief from Rome

Fragment of a marble relief (H. 0.27 Br. 0.38 D. 0.045).

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Inscription of L. Aebutius Eutychius from Villa Vicentina

An inscription from Villa Vicentina, a locality near Aquileia in the Friuli, recording a dedication to Deus Invictus by L. Aebutius Eutychius, a freedman of Primus.

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Aion from Villa Barberini

This lion-headed marble was found on the ruins of the Alban Villa of Domitianus.

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Aion of Villa Albani

White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.

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Villa romana de Fuente Álamo

One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

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Villa Vicentina (Villa Vicentina)

Villa Vicentina is associated with archaeological material from the Roman territory of Venetia.

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Marble torso of an attendant deity from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A marble torso of a male figure from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, flattened at the back, probably one of the attendant deities of Mithras, which would have stood about 2 ft. in complete height.

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Fragment of Mithras tauroktonos relief from Villa Wolkonsky, Rome

Fragment of a relief from the Villa Wolkonsky showing the usual representation of Mithras slaying the bull, with the dog, serpent and scorpion; the bull's head, Mithras' head and right foot are lost.

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Mithras pantocrator from the Villa Altieri

This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.

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Altar to Fonte dei from Ulmetum

Limestone altar fragment from the apsidal construction at Ulmetum, Moesia Inferior, bearing a partially preserved inscription mentioning fonte dei — the spring of the god; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.

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Tauroctony relief with raven holding fruit from Villa Ludovisi, Rome

A bluish marble tauroctony relief once in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with the raven perched on his cloak holding a heart-shaped fruit, the bull's tail ending in ears of grain, and the dressed busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners…

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Tauroctony relief fragment from the Villa Ludovisi, Rome

A white marble tauroctony relief fragment, in the seventeenth century at the Palazzo Caesiani near the Vatican and later in the Villa Ludovisi in Rome, showing Mithras slaying the bull with dog, serpent and raven, with a cross-legged torchbearer on a base; now lost…

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Lost Mithras relief from the Villa Borghese, Rome

A lost Mithraic relief formerly at the Villa Borghese in Rome, known only through a brief mention in early modern antiquarian literature and no longer traceable.

Monumentum

Marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Villa Wolkonsky, Rome

Marble relief from the Villa Wolkonsky showing Mithras slaying the bull, with the serpent creeping over the ground.

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White marble statuette of a torchbearer, Villa Borghese, Rome

White marble statuette of a torchbearer from the Casino of the Villa Borghese, restored as a Paris, with head, right arm, calves, feet and the lower part of the cloak restored.

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Relief of bluish marble of Mithras tauroktonos from Villa Doria Pamphili, Rome

Relief of bluish marble in the Casino of the Villa Doria Pamphili showing Mithras slaying the bull with the usual animals, cross-legged torchbearers, and Sol in a quadriga and Luna in a biga in the upper corners.

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White marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Villa Giustiniani, Rome

White marble relief from the Casino of the Villa Giustiniani showing Mithras slaying the bull, whose tail ends in ears, with the usual torchbearers, dog, serpent, scorpion and raven, and the busts of Sol and Luna in the upper corners.

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Base of bluish marble with encircling serpent, Villa Giustiniani, Vatican Musea

Base of bluish marble formerly in the Villa Giustiniani near Porta Flaminia and now in the Vatican Musea, Cortile della Pigna, with a round pedestal encircled by a bearded crested serpent biting its own tail, probably supporting a statue of Aion.

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Multi-deity base from Neuenheim

Red sandstone base from the Mithraeum at Neuenheim with representations of deities on each of its four sides

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