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Monumentum

Inscription of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano

One of the earliest securely dated Mithraic inscriptions, documenting the cult’s early presence within the imperial household.
 
The New Mithraeum
11 Feb 2022
Updated on Jul 2026
Ara reperta in Esquiliis ad aedem DD. Petri et Marcellini.CIL VI 732Soli / invicto Mithrae / T. Flavius Aug(usti) lib(ertus) Hyginus / Ephebianus / d(onum) d(edit).ISI 996Ἡλίῳ Μίθραι / Τ(ίτος) Φλάουιος Ὑγεῖος / διὰ Λολλίου Ρούφου / πατρὸς ἰδίου.For the double cognomen, that should date from the time before Hadrian, see: Hülsen in Bull. Ist.1888, 232; RM III, 222ff and our No. 496.ἰδίου added in order to preclude confusion with the grade of pater.CIL VI 732; MMM II No. 66. Kaibel, ISI, 996.The altar is now lost…

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