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  • Monumentum

    Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca

    The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.

    TNMM716 – CIMRM 478

  • Monumentum

    Painted tauroctony of Rome

    This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.

    TNMM714 – CIMRM 337

  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Flavius Antistianus from Rome

    This inscription was dedicated to God Cautes by a certain Flavius Antistianus, Pater Patrorum in Rome.

    TNMM713 – CIMRM 336

    Deo Caute / Flavius Antistianus / v(ir) e(gregius) de decem primis pater patrum.
  • Syndexios

    Flavius Antistianus

    Pater patrorum of equestrian rank, he was a prominent figure in the Mithraic sphere in Rome.
  • Monumentum

    Candelabrum of Doryphorus

    This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.

    TNMM682 – CIMRM 508, 509

    Doryphorus pater.
  • Syndexios

    Doryphorus

    Doryphorus gave his grade and name in a monumental candalabrum found in Rome.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony on display in Boston

    This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.

    TNMM539 – CIMRM 607

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony in Copenhagen

    This statue of Mithras as a bullkiller was bought at Rome where it might be found.

    TNMM674 – CIMRM 596

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief found between Porta Portese and St Pancrace

    Franz Cumont bought this relief of Mithras as a bullkiller from a dealer who claimed to have found it in a vineyard near the church of Saint Pancrace, in Rome.

    TNMM671 – CIMRM 585

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony sculpture of Villa Borghese

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull the belongs to the Louvre museum is currently exposed in Varsovia.

    TNMM670 – CIMRM 587