Picture No | 10043021 |
Date | circa 108 |
Description | MITHRAS |
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The Persian deity MITHRA was popular among the Romans, particularly the military ; he was depicted slaying a bull, thereby symbolising the renewal of creation
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Source | roman sculpture, reproduced in Montfaucon, L'antiquite explique et repre- sente en figures (1719-1724) |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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