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  • Monumentum

    Submission scene from Barberini

    This scene of the main fresco of the Mithraeum Barberini seems to depict part of the initiation into the Mithraic Mysteries.

    TNMM283

  • Syndexios

    Heliodoros

    One of the lions mentioned on the Santa Prisca procession fresco.
  • Syndexios

    Theodoros

    One of the lions mentioned on the Santa Prisca procession fresco.
  • Syndexios

    Nicephoros

    One of the lions mentioned on the Santa Prisca procession fresco.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Santo Domingo de Silos

    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.

    TNMM763

  • Monumentum

    Painted tauroctony of Rome

    This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.

    TNMM714 – CIMRM 337

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Mithras and Tellus

    This relief of Mithras slaying the bull is unique because of the representation of Tellus lying under the bull.

    TNMM623 – CIMRM 598

  • Mithraeum

    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.

    TNMM16 – CIMRM 457

  • Monumentum

    Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    This scene from the frescoes of the Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere shows a kneeling, naked man surrounded by two other figures.

    TNMM333 – CIMRM 191

  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

    The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.

    TNMM1 – CIMRM 229