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Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

It bears an inscription repeated on each side of the podia.
 
 
The New Mithraeum
3 Feb 2022
 
Floor mosaic from Palazzo Imperiale Mithraeum

Floor mosaic from Palazzo Imperiale Mithraeum
Ostia-antica.org / Jan Theo Bakker

 

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Two identical inscriptions on the floor ofthe Mithraeum.

Soli invict(o) Mit(hrae) d(onum) d(edit) L. Agrius Calendio.

CIL XIV 56; MMM II No. 131.
 
 

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