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The New Mithraeum Database

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Syndexios

Volusius

Dedicated a statue of Arimanius in Eboracum, now in the Yorkshire Museum.

Monumentum

Altar to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Cocidius and the genius loci from Housesteads

An altar found in the west corner of the sanctuary at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads) in 1898, recording a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the god Cocidius and the genius of the place by soldiers of the Second Augustan Legion on garrison duty.

Monumentum

Arimanius from York

The statue of Arimanius/Ahriman was found in 1874 under the city wall of York during the construction of the railway station.

Monumentum

Denarius depicting Mithras rock-birth of St. Albans

The mithraic denarius of St. Albans dates from the 2nd century.

Syndexios

Aponius Rogatianus

Roman prefect commemorated in a rare dedication to Sol Apollo Anicetus Mithras at Rudchester.

Monumentum

Inscription to Sol Apollo Anicetus from Rudchester

Fragmentary inscription from Vindobala preserving a rare dedication to “Sol Apollo Anicetus” within a Mithraic context on Hadrian’s Wall.

Monumentum

Inscription of the Legio VI Victrix from Corbridge

Inscription from Corstopitum (modern Corbridge) recording a dedication to Sol Invictus by a vexillation of Legio VI Victrix under the governorship of Sextus Calpurnius Agricola in AD 163.

Monumentum

Altar of Aponius Rogatianus from Rudchester

Sandstone altar from the Mithraeum of Vindobala bearing a dedication to Sol Invictus and Mithras by the prefect Aponius Rogatianus.

Monumentum

Seated Mother-goddess from the Carrawburgh Mithraeum

A small stone pedestal and the fallen statue of a seated Mother-goddess from the Mithraeum at Procolitia (modern Carrawburgh), depicting a figure of ungainly proportions enfolding in her arms a basket resting on her knees, found in the corner behind the screen at the east end of the temple…

Monumentum

Inscription of Tib. Claudius Decimus Cornelius Antonius from Rudchester

Dedication from the Mithraeum of Rudchester recording the restoration of a temple dedicated to Sol Invictus.

Monumentum

Altar of Titullus from Rudchester

This sandstone altar from the Mithraeum of Vindobala (modern Rudchester) preserves a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by P. Aelius Titullus, prefect of a cohort.

Monumentum

Inscription of L. Sentius Castus of the Sixth Legion from the Rudchester Mithraeum

The inscription on the decorated altar No. 839 from the Mithraeum at Vindobala (modern Rudchester), recording a gift to the Deity by L. Sentius Castus, a soldier of the Sixth Legion.

Monumentum

Decorated altar with rock-birth scene from the Rudchester Mithraeum

A decorated altar from the Mithraeum at Vindobala (modern Rudchester), with the letters DEO crowned with vittae on the shaft, surrounded by palm-branches, a representation of Mithras' rock-birth on the capital, and on the front of the die a naked figure grasping a bull's horns…

Monumentum

Inscription in tabula ansata from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A marble fragment with an inscription in a tabula ansata from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, reading [Au]gggg(ustis) invicto..., a dedication to the Invincible probably addressing multiple emperors.

Locus

Petrianae (Stanwix)

Petrianae was a Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall, generally associated with Stanwix near Carlisle.

Locus

Luguvallium (Carlisle)

Luguvallium was a Roman settlement and fort in northern Britannia, today Carlisle.

Locus

Longovicium (Lanchester)

Longovicium was a Roman fort and settlement in northern Britannia, today associated with Lanchester.

Locus

Hattwifel

Hattwifel is recorded as a findspot for Mithraic material in Roman Britannia.

Locus

Deva (Chester)

Deva was a major Roman legionary fortress in northern Britannia, today Chester.

Locus

Procolitia (Carrawburgh)

Procolitia stood along Hadrian’s Wall near modern Carrawburgh and formed part of the frontier infrastructure of northern Britannia.

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