Locus

Marino

Marino has been inhabited by Latin tribes since the 1st millennium BC. During the Roman Republic it was a summer resort for Roman patricians who built luxurious villas in the area.

Brothers active in Marino

Alfius Severus
(c. 160 – 170)

Cresces
(c. 160 – 170 or 200)

Mithraic monuments of Marino

Mitreo di Marino

The Mithraeum of Marino presents an unusually elongated structure with depictions from the Severian period.

Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino

The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.

Altar in Mitreo di Marino

The monument is engraved with an inscription by Cresces, the donor.

Inscriptions of Marino

Invicto Ideo / Cresces / actor / Alfi / Seberi / d(onum) p(osuit).

To the Invincible God, Cresces, administrator of Alfius Severus, placed as a donation.

Altar in Mitreo di Marino

References

Alessandro Bedetti (2010) Il Mitreo di Marino. Una scoperta eccezionale alle porte di Roma
Henri Lavagne (1974) Le mithréum de Marino (Italie)
Maarten Jozef Vermaseren (1982) Mithriaca III. The Mithraeum at Marino
Ugo Onorati (2014) Il mitreo di Marino