Mithras in Dacia

Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa

This relief of Mithras slaying the bull incorporates the scene of the god carrying the bull and its birth from a rock.

CIMRM 2063

Column of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia

This is one of the at least three inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marcus to Mithras Invictus found in Alba Iulia, Romania.

Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa

The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.

CIMRM 2027

Mithraeum of Alba Iulia III (Apulum)

Mithras rock-born of Dobrosloveni

This sculpture from Dobrosloveni, Romania, depicts the petrogenesis of Mithras, with a hole through the generative rock from which water flowed.

CIMRM 2170

Tauroctony from Aelius Maximus of Turda

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

CIMRM 1920

Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania

This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.

CIMRM 2187

Tauroctony relief from Alba Iulia

This marble relief from Alba Iulia contains numerous scenes from the myth of Mithras.

CIMRM 1958

Mithras Petrogenitus of Alba Iulia

Mithras born from the rock with a snake raising in coils around it.

CIMRM 1991

Tauroctony from Dragus

The tauroctonic relief from Dragus includes a naked flying figure that Vermaseren has identified as Phosporus or Lucifer.

CIMRM 1919

Mithraeum of Slăveni

The Mithraeum of Slaveni was discovered in 1837 on the right bank of the river Olt, in Romanati district.

Tauroctony from Euthices from Apulum

This marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was made by a freedman who dedicated it to his old masters.

CIMRM 1935

Dacia Malvensis

Within the southern sectors of Roman Dacia, Dacia Malvensis preserves evidence linked to military mobility and provincial urbanisation.

Dacia superior

Dacia superior formed part of one of the most intensely Mithraic frontier regions of the Roman empire after the conquest of Trajan.

Alsóbajom

The locality of Alsóbajom is associated with archaeological material attributed to the Roman province of Dacia.

Apulum

Apulum, now within Alba Iulia, was a Roman settlement first mentioned by the mathematician, astrologer and geographer Ptolemy. Its name comes from the Dacian Apoulon.

Aquae

Aquae was associated with thermal springs and communications routes in the region of modern Călan.

Botoșești-Paia

The locality of Botoșești-Paia has yielded material connected with the Danubian provincial landscape.

Bruckla

The locality of Bruckla is associated with archaeological remains from the Roman province of Dacia.

Bumbești-Gorj

Jiu valley site associated with the defensive system linking Dacia to the southern Danubian regions.

Cibinium

Roman settlement of Dacia superior located in the area of present-day Sibiu in Romania. The site became an important urban and military centre, later developed into the medieval city known as Hermannstadt in German and Nagyszeben in Hungarian.

Cioroiu Nou

Cioroiu Nou is known for archaeological remains connected with settlement activity in Dacia.

Dierna

Dierna occupied a strategic position along the Danube corridor near the Iron Gates region of southwestern Dacia.

Dragu

Dragu is associated with archaeological discoveries from the inland territory of Roman Dacia.

Drobeta

Drobeta controlled an important crossing point on the Danube and became one of the major centres of Dacia.

Maros Porto

Sighișoara is a municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureș County, central Romania.