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Mithräum von Osterburken

The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.

 
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Aion of Arles

The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.

 
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Cautes Borcovicus

The head this statue of Cautes from Carrawburgh has been lost.

 
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Mithraeum of Tienen

The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.

 
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Antiochus I shakes hands with naked Apollo-Mithras-Helios

Stele representing Apollo-Mithras-Helios in a Hellenistic nude fashion, shaking hands with Antiochus I.

 
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Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini

This plaque, now on display in the British Museum, may have come from the Aldobrandini Mithraeum in Ostia.

 
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Syncretistic amulet Abraxas-Mithras

This syncretic amulet depicting Abraxas and the word MIΘPAZ was once displayed in the Cappello Museum of Venice.

 
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Altar to Sol by brothers of Budaors

This fragmented altar was erected by two brothers from the Legio II Adiutrix who also built a temple.

 
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Petrogeny from Sibiu

As usual, the solar god rises a dagger with one of his hands while emerges from the rock.

 
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Felsgeburt des Mithras

Mithras Petrogenitus, born from the rock, from the Mithraeum of Carnuntum III.

 
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Cautes of Trier

This remarkable relief by Cautes was found in what appears to be a mithraeum in Trier.

 
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Altar to Mithras and Mars of Mainz

This altar has been unusually dedicated to both gods Mithras and Mars at Mogontiacum, present-day Mainz.

 
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Inscription of Vaison-la-Romaine

This is one of the few known Mithraic inscriptions dedicated by a member who attained the grade of Perses.

 
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Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo

Victorius Victorious, centurion of the Legio VII, erected the altar in honour of the Lugo garrison and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen.

 
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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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Tauroctony from the Gran Mitreo de Mérida

These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

 
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Mithraeum of the Baths of Caracalla

The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.

 
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Inscription with Cautes and Cautopates of Steklen

An unusual feature of this very ancient relief is that Cautopates carries a cockerel upside down, while Cautes carries it right-side up.

 
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Altar at Caseggiato di Diana

This altar was originally consecrated to Hercules and was rededicated to Mithras by Callinicus in the Mithraeum of the House of Diana.

 
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Mitreo dei Serpenti

The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.

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