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Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan

This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the “incomprehensible god” by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.

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Leontocephalic deity from the Fagan Mithraeum

Marble leontocephalic Aion/Arimanus from the now-lost Fagan Mithraeum at Ostia, dedicated in AD 190 by three members of the local Mithraic priesthood.

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Tauroctony from Nesce

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.

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Altar of Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus

The marble altar mentions Vettius Agrorius Praetextatus as Pater Sacrorum and Patrum and his wife Aconia Fabia Paulina.

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Tauroctony found on the Esquiline

This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.

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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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Mithraic inscription from Lepcis Magna

Epigraphic monument from Tripolitania preserving a corrected reading discussed in later scholarship.

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Tauroctony from Palermo

The assumed find-place of the Mithras Tauroctonus of Palermo is uncertain.

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Inscription of Pylades from Angers

This marble plaque from Iuliomagus, Roman Angers, bears a rare dedication to Mithras by Pylades, a slave of an imperial slave connected to the Roman administration in Gaul.

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Tauroctony from Syracuse

The Mithra Tauroctonos from Syracuse, Sicily, is currently on display in the city's archaeological museum.

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Tauroctony in the British Museum

The sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was transported from Rome to London by Charles Standish in 1815.

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Tauroctony from Piedimonte

This finely carved marble tauroctony from Interamna features an unusual series of altars and ritual vases surrounding the scene.

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Aion from the gardens of Muti

The lion-headed marble from Muti's gardens has a serpent entwined in four coils around his body.

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Inscriptions of Eauze

Several inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found in Eauze, including these two by a certain Pater Sextus Vervicius Eutyches, discovered in 1768.

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Inscribed statue base from Stabiae

This inscription on white marble by Lucius Gavidius uses the term ther cultores to refer to his Mithraic community in Stabiae, Italy.

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Tauroctony from La Bâtie-Montsaléon

This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.

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Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan

This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.

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Aion from Rome

Lion-head god with traces of red paint found in Rome.

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Tauroctony from Rome

White marble statue of Mithras killing the sacred bull preserved in the Museo Nacional Romano.

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Eros and Psyche

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

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