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CIMRM 407

Marble inscribed slab recording the dedication of a Mithraeum and an antrum to Mithras for the safety and victories of Septimius Severus and his family, found in Rome.
 
The New Mithraeum
26 Jan 2026

TNMM 991 ↔ CIMRM 407

When a foundation-pit was dug at a distance of 19 mtrs from the Via Sicilia 180, a marble slab (H. 1.72 Br. 0.48 D. 0.04) came to light which on the top and the bottom shows traces of iron clips and of lime, with which it must have been fixed. The slab was not found in situ. For nothing was found of a cave, which is mentioned by an inscription, as we shall see. Only a fragment of a water conduit with an inscription was discovered, dating from the end of the second century. The slab is now at the Museum Nazionale Terme, Inv. No. 106543.

L.H.0.025.

Pro salute et reditum / et victorias imp(eratorum) Caes(arum) / L. Septimi Severi Pii Pertin(acis) Aug (usti) Arab (ici) Adzab(enici) Part (hici) Max (imi) / et M. Aurel(i) Antonin(i) Aug(usti) [et P. Sept(imi) Gethe(sic 1) Caes(aris) fil(ii) et fratris] Augustorum n(ostrorum) / totiusque domus divinae / deum invict(um) Mithr(am) / Aurelius Zosimion et / Aurelius Titus Aug(ustorum) lib (erti) / suis impendiis conlo/caverunt item antrum / suis sumptibus / exstructum fecerunt / item consummatum / consacraverunt.

The title of Parthicus Maximus was given to Sept. Severns at the end of 197 or in the beginning of 198 A.D.

He came back in 202 or 203.

Main inscription

Pro salute et reditum / et victorias imp[eratorum] Caes[arum] / L. Septimi Severi Pii Pertin[acis] Aug [usti] Arab [ici] Adzab[enici] Part [hici] Max [imi] / et M. Aurel[i] Antonin[i] Aug[usti] [et P. Sept[imi] Gethe[sic 1] Caes[aris] fil[ii] et fratris] Augustorum n[ostrorum] / totiusque domus divinae / deum invict[um] Mithr[am] / Aurelius Zosimion et / Aurelius Titus Aug[ustorum] lib [erti] / suis impendiis conlo/caverunt item antrum / suis sumptibus / exstructum fecerunt / item consummatum / consacraverunt.
For the safety, return and victories of the emperors Lucius Septimius Severus and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [and Publius Septimius Geta], and of the whole imperial house, Aurelius Zosimion and Aurelius Titus, freedmen of the emperors, at their own expense dedicated to the invincible god Mithras and likewise built, completed and consecrated a cave.

References

Mancini in NSc 1925, 48f; Paribeni, Terme Diocl., 140 No. 289.

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