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Monumentum

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.
TNMM558 – CIMRM 1793
Sol(i) Soc(io) / M(arcus) Aur(elius) Fron/tinianus / et M(arcus) Aur(elius) Fr[o]/nto mil(ites) leg(ionis) /II Ad(iutricis) fratres / templ(um) const(ituerunt) / Antonino / IIII co(n)s(ule).
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Altar of Aemilius Chrysanthus to the Invincible Sol
Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.
TNMM479 – CIMRM 519
Soli / invicto / M. Aemilius / M(arcorum duorum) l(ibertus) Chrysanthus / mag(ister) anni primi et / M. Limbricius Polides / dec(urio) et sodalicio eius / d(e) (suo) d(onum) d(ederunt).
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Portable tauroctony of Vienna
This small white marble relief of Mithras as a bullkiller was found in the Botanical Gardens of Vienna in 1950.
TNMM724 – CIMRM 1650
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Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino
The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.
TNMM201
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Two-sided relief of Dieburg
The relief of Dieburg shows Mithras riding a horse as main figure, surrounded by several scenes of the myth.
TNMM231 – CIMRM 1247
[Side A:] D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Silves/trius / Silvi/nius et Silvestrius Pe[rpetus et A]urelius nepos / v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) l(aeti) m(erito). / Perpetus fra/te[r] artis sutor(iae). …
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Biesheim-Kunheim
The Mithraeum of Biesheim-Kunheim is located near the ancient village of Altkirch, near the Rhin.
TNMM285
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Sarrebourg
The Tauroctony of Saarbourg (Sarrebourg, ancient Pons Sarravi), France, contains most of Mithras deeds known in a single relief.
TNMM114 – CIMRM 966, 967
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) deo inv[ict]o Marceleus Marianus / d(e) / s(uo) p(osuit)
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Tauroctony of Osterburken
Franz Cumont considers the bas relief of Osterburken 'the most remarkable of all the monuments of the cult of Mithras found up to now'.
TNMM176 – CIMRM 1292, 1293
D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] M[er?]catorius Castrensis in suo cons[ituit].
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Mauls
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull at Mauls in Gallia cisalpina is a paradigmatic example of the so-called Rhine-type Tauroctony.
TNMM476 – CIMRM 1400
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Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini
The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras's myth.
TNMM167 – CIMRM 390