# moasicmonday roman

First up for here's a roundel showing the birth of Mithras. Flanked by his two usual attendants, Cautes and Cautopates, Mithras emerges from a dark cave: ca. 1st Century AD (provenance back to ca. 1905), probably from Egypt.

Image: Walters Art Museum (43.7)

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