Monumentum
Tauroctony relief from Crikvine
This relief of Mithras killing the sacred bull was found in 1908 near Klisa, in the surroundings of Salona, the ancient capital of Roman Dalmatia.
The New Mithraeum
26 Aug 2023
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Mithras as a bullkiller with the raven perched on his flying cloak. The dog, the serpent and the scorpion. Behind the bull a torchbearer not cross-legged who holds a torch upwards in his r.h.; his companion is almost completely lost. The bust of
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