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Volubilis became a Roman city when Emperor Caligula annexed Mauretania in 40 CE.It was the seat of the Roman procurator,a center of the olive-oil trade and had 20.000 inhabitants.Dolphins and other fish in a mosaic.
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Volubilis became a Roman city when Emperor Caligula annexed Mauretania in 40...

Preparation for a sacrifice to Mars. Musicians, bull and two sacrificers. Fragment of a monumental relief from the Forum Traianum in Rome. Mid 2nd CE. H: 252 cm, L: 229 cm MA 978
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Preparation for a sacrifice to Mars. Musicians, bull and two...

Immolation of the bull by Mithras. Marble statuette (2nd CE)
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Immolation of the bull by Mithras. Marble statuette (2nd CE...

Mithras immolating the bull. Marble statuette (2nd CE) Height 90 cm, length 77 cm MA 1026
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Mithras immolating the bull. Marble statuette (2nd CE...

Mithraic relief. The cult of Mithras, a Persian god of light, was widely practiced in the Roman Empire. The god kills the bull in a cave, the scene is lit by the torches of his accolites Cautes and Cautopates. 2nd hald 2nd CE. Marble, H: 61 cm Inv. I 624
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Mithraic relief. The cult of Mithras, a Persian god of light, was widely practi...

Mithras immolating the bull. Double-face relief (2nd-3rd CE) from Fiano Romano, Italy. Marble,63 x 65 cm MA 3441
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Mithras immolating the bull. Double-face relief (2nd-...

Bearded triton with sea-bull. Part of a frieze on a small Roman funeral altar Sandstone (2nd CE)
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Bearded triton with sea-bull. Part of a frieze on a...

Najade on a sea-bull. Detail of a Triton-frieze, upper part of a small Roman funeral altar. Sandstone (2nd CE)
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Najade on a sea-bull. Detail of a Triton-friez...

Sea-lion. Detail of frieze with tritons. Upper part of a small funeral altar from Neumagen. Sandstone (2nd CE)
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Sea-lion. Detail of frieze with tritons. Upper part of a small fu...

Jupiter on horseback fithting a giant with snake legs. Fragmented sculpture from the region of Sarrebourg (2nd-3rd CE)
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Jupiter on horseback fithting a giant with snake legs. Fragmented sculpture fro...

Centaur. Detail of a relief with scenes of a Dionysiac thiasos on a marble sarcophagus from the sepulchre of the Calpurnii Pisones, Via Salaria (1st CE).
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Centaur. Detail of a relief with scenes of a Dionysiac thiasos on a marble sarc...

Griffin. Bronze bracket of a vessel from Basle, Switzerland. Height 15.5 cm, length 17 cm Br 1085
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Griffin. Bronze bracket of a vessel from Basle, Switzerland....