This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic ...

This article revisits the Mithraeum of S. Maria Capua Vetere, one of the most complete and artistically refined Mithraic ...

The Mithraeum of Regensburg represents the earliest of the nine Mithraic sanctuaries so far documented in Bavaria, Germany.

Silvia de Wild MA Classics & Ancient Civilizations, Teacher of Classics, Epigraphist. silvia.de.wild ...

Centurion who engraved a plaque to Sol for the health of the Emperor Antoninus Pius and his sons. Neapolitan senator who dedicated a tauroctonic relief to Mithras tauroctonus to the Almighty God ...

Bas-relief depicting a naked Sol leaning over his fellow Mithras while raising a drinking horn during the sacred feast.

Mithraeum discovered in 1887–1888, located about 85 m north of the castellum at Ober-Florstadt, built on a hillside with a central aisle, benches, and an altar podium.

Statue in sandstone (H. 0.60 Br. 0.44). Inv. No. I, 196. Naked Mithras, visible from the knees upwards, being born from the rock. The head and the arms are lost. Beside his right thigh there is the ...

Altar in red sandstone (H. 0.768 Br. 0.435 D. 0.235). Upon the altar a sacrificing dish between two volutes. In the centre of the front is a square hole (0.14), which could be covered by a glass plate ...

Base in sandstone (H. 0.435 Br. 0.18 D. 0.082) in three fragments. Standing Cautes in Oriental dress and cross-legged on the front. He lifts a long burning torch in both hands. On the right side there ...

Fibula in bronze (L. 0.02). From Carnuntum. Museum Carnuntinum. Unpublished. See fig. 444. Standing Aion with lion’s head. He holds his hands under his chin. On its reverse a small ring.