Datei:Cautes statue, found in the Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, Saalburgmuseum, Saalburg Roman Fort, Limes Germanicus, Germania (Germany) (7957317674).jpg
BeschreibungCautes statue, found in the Mithraeum I at Stockstadt, Saalburgmuseum, Saalburg Roman Fort, Limes Germanicus, Germania (Germany) (7957317674).jpg
Cautes: dark red sandstone; height 59cm; base with dedication to Flores and his nephew Ancarius (CIL XII 11787). Cautopates: dark red sandstone; height 37.5cm.
Cautes with a raised torch and Cautopates with a lowered torch were part of an imagery that depicted the complex content of the central themes of the mithraic cult: the movement of the equinoxes in the constellation.
The two torch-bearers were displayed at the sides of the Mithras image and symbolised the equinoxes. The steer and the scorpion are associated with them. These represent the months in which the vernal and autumnal equinoxes occur.
The way in which the torch is carried symbolises the increase of light and the coming summer, or the decrease of light and the onset of winter.
Southeast of the fort, on the vicus road that ran parallel to the Main. There was a temple to Jupiter Dolichenus very close by.
The younger mithraeum was built larger than the earlier shrine and at a more secure site. It measured 13m x 7.8m on the inside. Many altars from the dedication area of the beneficiary station were used for the building, which indicates that the station no longer existed.
The broken parts of a cult image, which could be used on both sides, have been pieced together. A total of 67 stone monuments that were displayed in the shrine have been found. In addition to the Mithras decorations, images of Mercury, Hercules, Diana, and Epona, and others have been found. The little images show that other gods were also worshiped here in Severan times.
Built around 210 AD, the mithraeum existed until the fort was destroyed around 260 AD.
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