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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.

Mithraic monuments of Marino

 

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 from the Mitreo di Marino

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

Inscriptions from Marino

Altar from the Mitreo di Marino

Invicto Ideo / Cresces / actor / Alfi / Seberi / d[onum] p[osuit].
To the Invincible God, Cresces, administrator of Alfius Severus, placed as a donation.

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