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The torchbearers are at work. Expect the occasional flicker while we tend the grotto.

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Euthices

Freedman, he offered a relief of Mithras as a bull killer for the well-being of his two former masters in Apulum.

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Aelius Maximus

Aelius Maximus identifies himself as a soldier of the Legio V Macedonica on a relief found in ancient Potaissa.

 
Monumentum

Altar of Manius Cretinus from Gherla

This limestone altar from Roman Dacia preserves a dedication to Mithras by a commander of the Ala II Pannoniorum.

 
Locus

[Gherla]

 
Monumentum

Statue of a torchbearer from Apulum

This weathered limestone statue from the Mithraeum of Apulum depicts a standing figure in Oriental attire holding the head of a bull or ram.

 
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Mithraeum of S. Oancea

The remains of this Mithraeum were discovered in 1930 in the Cetatea district of Alba Iulia, ancient Apulum.

 
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CIMRM 1979

This marble fragment from Apulum preserves the head of Mithras beneath an arch together with a raven and the remains of Sol’s radiate crown.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony fragment from Cincșor

This small weathered marble fragment preserves part of a tauroctony with Cautes, Luna, the serpent, and a leaping dog.

 
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Small fragment of a tauroctony from Cincșor

This small marble fragment preserves the crossed legs of a torchbearer, probably Cautopates, beside the hoof of the bull and the foot of Mithras.

 
Locus

Cincșor

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Protas

Slave who dedicated an altar to Nabarze in the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa.

 
Monumentum

Fragment of a Mithraic tauroctony from Dacia

This marble fragment from Roman Dacia preserves part of a tauroctony with Sol, the raven, and Mithras dragging the bull.

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Aurelios Markos

Dedicated a stele in Nicopolis ad Istrum, previously dedicated by a certain Galerios.

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Synethus

Account's assistant and slave, Synethus dedicated a Cautopates with a scorpion in Sarmizegetusa.

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Euhemerus

Euhemerus was a Greek or Greco-Oriental man of modest status.

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Titus Aurelius Marcus

Veteran of the legion XIII and member of the Fabia tribe.

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Galerios

Dedicated a stele in Nicopolis ad Istrum.

 
Monumentum

Tauroctony stele from Nicopolis ad Istrum

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.

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Marcus Ulpius Linus

Bearer of the imperial standard of Legio XIII Gemina.

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