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Cautes and Cautopates
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Cautes and Cautopates are torch-bearers depicted attending the god Mithras in the icons of the ancient Roman cult of Mithraism, known as Tauroctony. Cautes holds his torch raised up, and Cautopates holds his torch pointed downward.
Tauroctony fresco in the mithraeum of Capua, details of the torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates, 2nd century AD
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