Tauroctony fresco

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Carole Raddato
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published on 25 May 2014
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Tauroctony fresco (depicting Mithras killing a bull) in the mithraeum (temple of Mithras) of Capua (Italy), 2nd century CE.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2014, May 25). Tauroctony fresco. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2678/tauroctony-fresco/

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Raddato, Carole. "Tauroctony fresco." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 25, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2678/tauroctony-fresco/.

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