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title: Mithraeum from Nida
author: Irina-Maria Manea
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16845/mithraeum-from-nida/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2022-12-21
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# Mithraeum from Nida

_Authored by [Irina-Maria Manea](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/irinamaria.manea/)_

## Image File

[![Mithraeum from Nida](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16845.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16845.jpg)

## Image Caption

Tauroctony from the Mithraeum III of Nida (modern-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, Germany).

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from Nida's Mithraeum III was found in two pieces in 1887, destroyed during an air raid on Frankfurt in 1944, and restored in 1986. Depicted as a bull-slayer, Mithras was a [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) of Persian origins whose cult was immensely popular in the [Roman Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Empire/) during the 1st-3rd century CE.

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## About the Author

A curious and open mind, fascinated by the past. Historian with a keen interest in Norse myth and the Viking Age, as well as history teacher and language instructor. Originally from Bucharest, Romania, now residing in Hesse, Germany.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Manea, I. (2022, December 21). Mithraeum from Nida. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16845/mithraeum-from-nida/>
### Chicago
Manea, Irina-Maria. "Mithraeum from Nida." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 21, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16845/mithraeum-from-nida/>.
### MLA
Manea, Irina-Maria. "Mithraeum from Nida." *World History Encyclopedia*, 21 Dec 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16845/mithraeum-from-nida/>.

## License & Copyright

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