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  • Monumentum

    Two-sided relief of Fiano Romano

    The marble shows Mithras slaying the bull, on one side, and Sol and Mithras feasting on a bull skin, on the other.

    TNMM151 – CIMRM 641

  • Syndexios

    Thrasyllus of Mendes

    Thrasyllus was an Egyptian of Greek descent grammarian, astrologer and a friend of the Roman emperor Tiberius.
  • Syndexios

    Nero

    Fifth Roman emperor and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 until his death in 68.
  • Monumentum

    Taurcotony of Nesce

    The relief of Mithras slaying the bull of Nersae includes several episodes from the exploits of the solar god.

    TNMM420 – CIMRM 650, 651

    Apronianus rei p(ublicae) ark(arius) sua pecunia fecit.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of via di Borgo

    This relief of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome bears the inscription of three brothers, two of them lions.

    TNMM649 – CIMRM 366, 367

    Deo sancto I(nvicto) M(ithrae) sacrathis (sic) d(onum) p(osuerunt) Placidus Marcellinus leo antis{ti}tes et Guntha leo.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Aelius Maximus of Turda

    This small relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 1859 in Turda, in the Cluj region of Romania.

    TNMM668 – CIMRM 1920, 1921

    Ael(ius) Maximus miles / leg(ionis) V Mac(edonicae) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) p(osuit).
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief from Ladenburg

    The Tauroctony from Landerburg, Germany, shows a naked Mithras only accompanied by his fellow Cautes.

    TNMM290 – CIMRM 1275

  • Monumentum

    Pottery depicting Mithras

    This fragment of pottery depicting Mithras may have come from Gallia.

    TNMM745 – CIMRM 1002

  • Monumentum

    Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras

    Mithras emerging from the rock with torch and dagger beside a reclining Oceanus or Saturn.

    TNMM248

  • 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