Mithras in Moesia

Tauroctony from Târgușor

This limestone relief of Mithras killing the bull bears an inscription by a certain Flavius Horimos, consecrated in a ’secret forest’ in Moesia.

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Coin of Septimius Severus and god on horseback

Coin of Istrus, Moesia Inferior, showing Caracalla on one side and a god on horseback (Mithras ?) on the other.

Tauroctony from Kreta

Sandstone tauroctony relief from the Mithraeum at Kreta (Крета), depicting Mithras within a vaulted grotto accompanied by the torchbearers, Sol and Luna.

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Tauroctony from Nicopolis ad Istrum

The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is a rare Mithraic stele bearing two Greek dedications from different phases of its use.

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Inscription with Cautes and Cautopates of Steklen

An unusual feature of this very ancient relief is that Cautopates carries a cockerel upside down, while Cautes carries it right-side up.

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Altar of Klechovtse

The limestone altar at Klechovtse in North Macedonia bears an inscription to the invincible Mithras.

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Tauroctony relief from Oescus

Tuff tauroctony relief in two fragments from Ghighen, ancient Oescus in Moesia Inferior, depicting the standard bull-slaying scene with the full iconographic programme.

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Inscription of Ision from Guberevac

In this monument, the imperial slave Ision claims the completion of a new temple to Mithras in Moesia.

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Tauroctony relief from Biljanovac

White marble tauroctony relief in several fragments from the Mithraeum at Biljanovac, Moesia Superior, depicting the standard bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.

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Sacred repast scene from Ratiaria

Marble relief fragment from Artschar, ancient Ratiaria in Moesia Superior, preserving a scene of Mithras in Phrygian cap and Sol reclining behind a tripod — part of the sacred banquet.

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Fragmentary tauroctony from Kostolac

This weathered marble fragment from Viminacium preserves part of a tauroctony with Luna, Cautopates, the serpent, and the dog.

Two-register tauroctony from Ratiaria

Fragmentary Mithraic relief from Ratiaria depicting the tauroctony above a series of narrative scenes from the myth of Mithras and Sol.

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Moesia inferior

Moesia inferior occupied a major position along the lower Danube where Mithraic cults circulated through military and port environments.

Moesia superior

Moesia superior preserves frontier evidence shaped by the military infrastructure and circulation networks of the middle Danube.

Acbunar

The locality of Acbunar is associated with archaeological remains from the lower Danubian frontier zone.

Almus

Almus occupied a strategic position on the southern bank of the Danube in western Moesia.

Axiopolis

Axiopolis occupied a strategic position near the Danube crossings of Moesia Inferior.

Biljanovac

Ancient site in Moesia Superior, north-east of Kumanovo, where the remains of a Mithraic sanctuary were discovered together with several marble reliefs, altars and cult objects.

Callatis

Callatis developed as an important Black Sea port on the western coast of the Pontus Euxinus.

Civitas Montanensium

Civitas Montanensium developed around the important Roman settlement at modern Montana in Bulgaria.

Cladova

Kladovo lies near the Iron Gates region and formed part of the Danubian frontier landscape.

Dionysopolis

Dionysopolis occupied a prominent position on the western coast of the Black Sea.

Dražinovići

The locality of Dražinovići is associated with archaeological remains from the central Balkan region.

Drmno

Drmno lies near the important Roman site of Viminacium on the Danube frontier.

Durostorum

Durostorum became a major military centre of the lower Danube frontier.

Guberevac

Guberevac is a village in the municipality of Sopot, Serbia.