Monuments to Mithras

An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.

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This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull, which belongs to the Louvre Museum, is currently on display in Varsovia.

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On one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.

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Mithras slaying the bull appears as the sign of Capricorn in a zodiacal sequence on the Pórtico del Cordero of the Abbey de Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain.

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What appears to be a representation of Mithras killing the bull appears in the 12th century frescoes of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.

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The votive image was donated by a certain Verus for a mithraeum which was probably located in the hinterland of the Limes.

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This votive silver plaque depicting Mithras was found at the site of Pessinus, Ballıhisar, in Turkey.

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Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by the veteran soldier Tiberius Claudius Romanius, from the Mithraeum II Köln, 3rd century.

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A second Mithraeum was found in Cologne described by R. L. Grodon as of ’small importance’.

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This heliotrope gem, depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dates from the 2nd-3rd century, but was reused as an amulet in the 13th century.

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The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.

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The tablet shows a dedication by a Roman soldier.

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Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.

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The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

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This slab dedicated to the invincible god, Serapis and Isis by Claudius Zenobius was found in 1967 in the walls of the city of Astorga, Spain.

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This small magical jasper gem shows Sol in a quadrigra on the recto and Mithras as a bull slayer on the verso.

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To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.

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The Mithraea in the territory of Arupium were first mentioned by Š. Ljubić in 1882.

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The Mithraeum of Ponza was discovered in 1866. It contained the remains of a zodiac investigated by Vermaseren in 1989.

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Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.

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