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  • Monumentum

    Mithras pantocrator of 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.

    TNMM475 – CIMRM 334

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Strasbourg

    These fragments of a monumental relief of Mithras killing the bull were put together...

    TNMM576 – CIMRM 1359, 1360

    [In h(onorem)] d(omus) d(ivinae) d(eo) i(nvicto) M[ithrae] / ... us M.P.D ... / ... us typu[m] ... / ... solo v ...
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Absalmos

    The relief depict several unusual scenes from Mithras's myth.

    TNMM128

    ἐκ τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ ̕Αβσάλμου
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Dunaújváros (Intercisa)

    The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Danaújváros was found broken into three parts in a tomb looted in antiquity.

    TNMM411 – CIMRM 1838

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Neuenheim

    The Tauroctony relief of Neuenheim, Heidelberg, includes several scenes from the deeds of Mithras and other gods.

    TNMM205 – CIMRM 1283

  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Fructosus

    The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.

    TNMM40 – CIMRM 226

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta

    Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.

    TNMM209 – CIMRM 556, 625

    Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit).
  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo del Circo Massimo

    The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.

    TNMM15 – CIMRM 434

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.

    TNMM169 – CIMRM 181

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctonia de Walbrook

    The image of Mithras killing the bull, found near Walbrook, is surrounded by a Zoadiac circle.

    TNMM120 – CIMRM 810, 811

    Ulpius Silvanus / factis Arausione / emeritus leg(ionis) II aug(ustae) / votum solvit.