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Ostia

Ostia may have been Rome's first colony. According to legend, Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, destroyed the area and founded the colony. An inscription seems to confirm the foundation of the ancient castrum of Ostia in the 7th century BC.
  • Vista de la entrada del mitreo delle terme di Mitra

    Vista de la entrada del mitreo delle terme di Mitra
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Interior view of the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

    Interior view of the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Exterior view of the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

    Exterior view of the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Plan of the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte. L.M. White (Torres 2008)

    Plan of the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte. L.M. White (Torres 2008)
    Ostia-Antica.org 

  • Central corridor of the Mitreo degli Animali.

    Central corridor of the Mitreo degli Animali.
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • The shrine seen from the south-east.

    The shrine seen from the south-east.
    Roberto Piperno 

  • General view of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates

    General view of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates
    The New Mithraeum / Olivier-Antoine Reÿnès (CC BY-SA) 

  • Entrada del Mitreo delle Sette Porte

    Entrada del Mitreo delle Sette Porte
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Bench north of the the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates

    Bench north of the the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Bench south of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates

    Bench south of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Plan of the Mithraeum of the House of Diana

    Plan of the Mithraeum of the House of Diana
    Eric Taylor 

  • Detail of the head of Dionysus below a graffito

    Detail of the head of Dionysus below a graffito
    Eric Taylor 

  • Main aisle of the Mitreo Menandro.

    Main aisle of the Mitreo Menandro.
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Floor mosaic of the Mitreo Menandro.

    Floor mosaic of the Mitreo Menandro.
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • The marble slab with inscription.

    The marble slab with inscription.
    Eric Taylor 

  • Plan of the shrine. North is to the left. SO II, fig. 22.

    Plan of the shrine. North is to the left. SO II, fig. 22.
    Ostia-antica.org 

  • Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus

    Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Interior of the Mitraeum of the Snakes

    Interior of the Mitraeum of the Snakes
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Detail of the east area

    Detail of the east area
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • One of the frescoes that decorates the Mithraeum

    One of the frescoes that decorates the Mithraeum
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Plan of the Mitraeum of the Serpents

    Plan of the Mitraeum of the Serpents
    Ostia-Antica.org 

  • General view of the Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres

    General view of the Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Corridor of the Mitraeum of the Seven Sphere

    Corridor of the Mitraeum of the Seven Sphere
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

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  • Detail of the corridor, Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres

    Detail of the corridor, Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

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  • The Mithras's shrine seen from the west.

    The Mithras's shrine seen from the west.
    Daniel González Acuña – Ostia-antica.org 

  • The Mithras's shrine seen from the west.

    The Mithras's shrine seen from the west.
    SAOA B3141 

  • Veiw from the top

    Veiw from the top
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • View through the vestibule towards the courtyard. From the west.

    View through the vestibule towards the courtyard. From the west.
    Ostia-antica.org / Daniel González Acuña 

  • Mithraeum seen from the north

    Mithraeum seen from the north
    Ostia-Antia / Jan Theo Bakker. 

  • Vista del santuario desde el sur

    Vista del santuario desde el sur
    Ostia-antica.org 

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  • The shrine seen from the south

    The shrine seen from the south
    Jan Theo Bakker / Ostia-antica.org 

  • The shrine seen from the south

    The shrine seen from the south
    Jan Theo Bakker / Ostia-antica.org 

  • Seen from the south, imprint from 1860

    Seen from the south, imprint from 1860 

  • Figures on right wall, right side.

    Figures on right wall, right side.
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Figures on right wall, left side: Nymphus, Miles and Heliodromus

    Figures on right wall, left side: Nymphus, Miles and Heliodromus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Figures on right wall, left side: Nymphus, Miles and Heliodromus

    Figures on right wall, left side: Nymphus, Miles and Heliodromus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Tauroctonia del Mitreo Fagan, Ostia

    Tauroctonia del Mitreo Fagan, Ostia 

  • Reproduction in its original location.

    Reproduction in its original location.
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

    Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
    Parco Archeologico di Ostia 

  • Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

    Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
    Parco Archeologico di Ostia 

  • Leontocéfalo del Mitreo Fagan

    Leontocéfalo del Mitreo Fagan
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Detalle del leontocéfalo del Mitreo Fagan

    Detalle del leontocéfalo del Mitreo Fagan
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

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  • Placa de bronce con inscripción encontrada en el Mitreo Aldobrandini, Ostia

    Placa de bronce con inscripción encontrada en el Mitreo Aldobrandini, Ostia
    Eric Taylor 

  • Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia

    Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia
    Musei Vaticani 

  • Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia

    Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia 

  • Floor mosaic of the Mitreo Felicissimus

    Floor mosaic of the Mitreo Felicissimus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Pater grade

    Pater grade
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Heliodromus

    Heliodromus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus

    Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Miles grade

    Miles grade
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Upper view of the Mithraeum.

    Upper view of the Mithraeum. 

  • The Inn of the Deity Pan seen from the north-west.

    The Inn of the Deity Pan seen from the north-west.
    S. De Togni, 2015. 

  • In this reconstruction of the Mithraeum of Colored Marbles the spelaeum, the most important room in the mithraeum, is shown on the bottom level.

    In this reconstruction of the Mithraeum of Colored Marbles the spelaeum, the most important room in the mithraeum, is shown on the bottom level.
    G. Albertini 

  • Mithraic bronze brooch of Ostia

    Mithraic bronze brooch of Ostia
    Ostia-antica.org 

  • Relief avec divinité léontocéphale

    Relief avec divinité léontocéphale
    DR 

  • Altar of Mitreo Palazzo Imperiale

    Altar of Mitreo Palazzo Imperiale
    Jan Theo Bakker / Ostia-antica.org 

  • Inscription of Lucius Sempronius in Ostia

    Inscription of Lucius Sempronius in Ostia
    Ostia-Antica.org / Eric Taylor 

  • Mosaic of Fructus

    Mosaic of Fructus
    Ostia-Antica.org / Eric Taylor 

  • Detail of the niche with the depiction of Silvanus.

    Detail of the niche with the depiction of Silvanus.
    Ostia-Antica.org 

  • Floor mosaic from Palazzo Imperiale Mithraeum

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

  • Mithraic basin from Ostia

    Mithraic basin from Ostia
    Francesco Massa 2021 

  • Intérieur de la Chapelle des Trois Nefs

    Intérieur de la Chapelle des Trois Nefs
    ICCD_E40717 

  • Détail de la mosaïque : autel entouré d’un porc, d’un cratère et d’un couteau sacrificiel (Becatti 1954, pl. 14, 1)

    Détail de la mosaïque : autel entouré d’un porc, d’un cratère et d’un couteau sacrificiel (Becatti 1954, pl. 14, 1)
    DR 

  • Valerian coin. Not the actual piece found in Mitreo delle piante piedi

    Valerian coin. Not the actual piece found in Mitreo delle piante piedi
    Wildwinds.com 

  • The altar and aedicula in the northern room, seen from the south.

    The altar and aedicula in the northern room, seen from the south.
    Ostia-antica.org / Klaus Heese 

  • Cippi with an inscription from Mitreo.

    Cippi with an inscription from Mitreo.
    Ostia-antica.org / Marchesini 2013 

Mithraic monuments of Ostia

 

Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.

CIMRM 229

 

Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.

CIMRM 264

 

Mitreo degli Animali

The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.

CIMRM 278

 

Mitreo delle Sette Porte

The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.

CIMRM 287

 

Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana

The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

CIMRM 216

 

Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro

The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.

CIMRM 224

 

Mitreo di Felicissimo

The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.

CIMRM 299

 

Mitreo dei Serpenti

The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.

CIMRM 294

 

Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.

CIMRM 239

 

Sabazeo

The Mithraeum was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.

CIMRM 300

 

Mitreo di Fructosus

The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.

CIMRM 226

 

Mitreo presso Porta Romana

The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.

 

Mitreo Aldobrandini

The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.

CIMRM 232

 

Mitreo della Planta Pedis

The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.

CIMRM 272

 

Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

A mosaic by Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.

CIMRM 250

 

Mitreo Fagan

The Mitreo Fagan revealed remarkable sculptures of leon-headed figures now exposed at the Vatican Museum.

CIMRM 309

 

Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

The painting depicts various mythical Mithraic figures as well as characters related to the degrees.

CIMRM 268

 

Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan

The sculpture has an inscription where Mithras is called the undiscoverable deity.

CIMRM 310

 

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

CIMRM 230

 

Aion of Mitreo Fagan

The marble Aion from the lost Mithraeum Fagan, Ostia, now presides the entrance to the Vatican Library.

CIMRM 312

 

Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini

This plaque, now on display in the British Museum, may have come from the Aldobrandini Mithraeum in Ostia.

CIMRM 234

 

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.

CIMRM 245

 

Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo

The Felicissimo Mithraeum has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.

CIMRM 299

 

Mithraeum of the Coloured Marble

The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.

 

Mithraic brooch of Ostia

In the Mithraic bronze brooch found in Ostia, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by a nightingale and a cock.

CIMRM 318

 

Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan

This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.

CIMRM 314

 

Inscription of Fructosus in Ostia

The inscription is carved into two pieces of marble cornice.

CIMRM 228

 

Altar with inscription of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

The marble inscription mentions Caelius Ermeros as antistes of this place.

CIMRM 269

 

Inscription found in the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

As this short inscription indicates, Aemilio Epaphorodito was both Pater and priest of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres.

CIMRM 249

 

Fragment with inscription to Arimanius Casa di Diana

The image of the god Arimanius to which this monument refers has not yet been found.

CIMRM 221

 

Basin with inscription from Mitreo della Planta Pedis

The dedicator of this marble basin could be the same person who offered the sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull in the Mitreo delle Terme di Mitra.

CIMRM 275

 

Inscription of Tellius Agatho in Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

This inscription found in the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres mentions the Pater Marco Aemiliio Epaphrodito known from other monuments in Ostia.

CIMRM 248

 

Inscriptions of Caseggiato di Diana

This marble slab found near the Casa de Diana in Ostia bears two inscription with several names of brothers of a same community

CIMRM 223

 

Inscription of Lucius Sempronius

Slab marble indicates that Lucius Sempronius has donated a throne to the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte.

CIMRM 266

 

Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo

The mosaic bears an inscription indicating the name of the owner.

CIMRM 301

 

Mosaic of Silvanus from Ostia

This unusual mosaic representation of the god Silvanus was found in the Mithreaum of the so-called Imperial Palace in Ostia.

CIMRM 252

 

Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

It bears an inscription repeated on each side of the podia.

CIMRM 251

 

Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis

The altar includes a slab with an inscription for the salvation of two emperors.

CIMRM 273

 

Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Fagan

This monument bears an inscription that describes the god Mithra as young, which is quite unusual.

CIMRM 315

 

Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis

This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.

CIMRM 275

 

Mitreo Sacellum delle Tre Navate

The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.

 

Coin of Valerian and Sol

This coin was deposited in the upper level of the throne in the cult niche of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.

CIMRM 277

 

Inscription of Mitreo Aldobrandini by Sextus

This inscription found in the Mithraeum Aldobrandini informs us of certain restorations carried out in the temple during a second phase of development.

CIMRM 233

 

Altar at Caseggiato di Diana

This altar was originally consecrated to Hercules and was rededicated to Mithras by Callinicus in the Mithraeum of the House of Diana.

CIMRM 219

 

Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

These small monuments bear the inscriptions of two of the brothers involved in the Mithras cult at the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls.

CIMRM 269

Inscriptions of Ostia

Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).
To the invincible god Mithras, Diocles, in honour of Caius Lucretius Menander, father, donated and dedicated this gift.

Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro

Felicissimvs / ex voto f[ecit]

Mitreo di Felicissimo

Fructus / suis in/pendis / consum/mavit

Sabazeo

SIG(num) INDEPREHENSIVILIS DEI C(aius) VALERIVS HERACLES SACERDOS S(ua) P(ecunia) P(osuit)
L(ucius) SEXTIVS KARVS ET
Lucius Sextius Karus and Gaius Valerius Heracles, priest, placed at their own expense the statue of the god indeprehensibilis.

Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan

Κρίτων / Ἀθηναιος / έποίει.
Kriton / the Athenian / made [this statue].

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra

C. Valeri/us Heracles pat(er) / et C(aii) Valerii / Vitalis et Nico/mes sacerdo/tes s(ua) p(e)c(unia) p(o)s(ue)r(unt). / D(e)d(icatum) idi(bus) aug(ustis) im(peratore) / Com(odo) / VI et / Septi/miano / co(n)s(ulibus)
Gaius Valerius Heracles, father, and Gaius Valerius Vitalis and Gaius Valerius Nicome(de)s, priests, laid at their own expense. (Statue) dedicated on the ides of August, under the consulates of Emperor Commodus for the sixth time and Septimianus

Aion of Mitreo Fagan

SEX POMPEIO SEX FIL / MAXIMO / SACERDOTI SOLIS IN / VICTI MT PATRI PATRVM / QQ CORP TREIECT TOGA / TENSIVM SACERDO / TES SOLIS INVICTI MT / OB AMOREM ET MERI /TA EIVS SEMPER HA / BET
Dedicated to Sextus Pompeius Maximus, son of Sextus, High Priest of the Sun God, Mithras, all powerful, and Father of Fathers, President of the Guild of Master Ferrymen. We, Priests of the all powerful Sun God, Mithras, do this on account of the high regard and affection we hold for him and his worthy deeds.

Bronze inscription from Aldobrandini

A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. //

A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus et omni cultu sua p(ecunia) restituit. //

M. Aemilio / Epaphrodito / patre et sacerdote.
Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe, at his own expense, restored it.

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

FELICISSIMVS / EX VOTO F[ecit]

Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo

C. Valerius Heracles pat[e]r e[t] an[tis]/tes dei iu[b]enis inconrupti So[l]is invicti Mithra[e / c]ryptam palati concessa[m] sibi a M. Aurelio / . . . De Rossi supplies: Commodo Antonino Aug(usto).
Gaius Valerius Heracles, father and priest of the unconquered sun god Mithras, young and incorruptible, made (?) the crypt of the palace, which was granted to him by Marcus Aurelius [---]

Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan

[L. Ag]rius Fructosus patron(us) corp(orationis) s[tupp(atorum), te]mpl(um) et spel(aeum) Mit(hrae) a solo sua pec(unia) feci(t)
Lucius Agrius Frutosus, patron of the guild of stuppatores, had the temple and crypt of Mithras built at his own expense.

Inscription of Fructosus in Ostia

C. Caelius E[r]/meros / antis/tes h[ui]/us loc[i] / fecit / s(ua) p(ecunia).
Caius Caelius Ermeros, antistes of this place, made, at his expense.

Altar with inscription of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

M. Aemilio / Epaphrodito / patre et sacerdote.
To Marcus Aemilius Epaphroditus, Pater and priest.

Inscription found in the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

M(arco) Lolliano Callinico patre / Q. Petronius Felix Marsus / [..]L (?) signum Arimanium do(o) ded(it) d(edicavit).
Marcus Lollianus Callinicus being a father, Quintus Petronius Felix Marsus [...] donated the image of Arimanius and dedicated it.

Fragment with inscription to Arimanius Casa di Diana

[In]victo Mithrae d(onum) d(edit) M(arcus) Umbilius Criton cum Pyladen vil[ico].

Basin with inscription from Mitreo della Planta Pedis

L(ucius) Tullius Agatho / deo Inuicto Soli / Mithrae aram d(ono) d(edit) / eanque (sic) dedicauit ob / honore(m) dei, M(arco) Aemilio / Epaphrodito, patre.
Lucius Tullius Agatho donated the altar to the Undefeated Sun God Mithras and dedicated it in honour of the god, while Marcus Aemilius Epaphroditus was pater.

Inscription of Tellius Agatho in Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

[M. Lollia]no Callinico / [patre Pe]tronius Felix / [Marsus sign]um deo / [donum] ded(it) / . . . atus xinu . . . / fecit.

M. M. Caer[ellius Hiero]/nimus et C[allinic]/us sacerdo[tes et antisti]/es Solis [invic(ti) Mithrae] / thronum / fec(erunt).
Marcus Lollianus Callinicus being [Pater, Quintus Pe]tronius Felix [Marsus] offered [as a gift] the image of the god and dedicated it [---atus, at his own expense?] did.

Marcus Caerellius Hieronimus and Marcus Caerellius Callinicus, priests and antistes of Sol invincible Mithras, made the throne.

Inscriptions of Caseggiato di Diana

Soli / L. Semproniu(s) / thronum.
To Sol, Lucius Sempronius, (offered) the throne.

Inscription of Lucius Sempronius

Fruc[tus ?] / (s)uis in/pendis / consum/mavit.
Fructus, at its own expense, has accomplished [this].

Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo

Soli invict(o) Mit(hrae) d(onum) d(edit) L. Agrius Calendio.
To Sol Mithras Invictus, Lucius Agrius Calendius, gave this.

Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

Pr(o) sal(ute) Augg(ustorum duorum) / S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio(n) / sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).
For the salvation of the two Augusts, to Sol invincible Mithras, [Lucius (?)] Florius Hermadion, priest, made at his own expense.

Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis

C(aius) Valerius Heracles pat[e]r e[t] an[tis]/tes dei iu[b]enis inconrupti So[l]is invicti Mithra[e / c]ryptam palati concessa[m] sibi a M(arco) Aurelio / ---
Caius Valerius Heracles, Father and servant (antistes) of the young (and) incorruptible god Sol invincible Mithras, has (arranged?) the crypt of the palace, which was granted to him by Marcus Aurelius [---]

Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Fagan

[In]victo Mithrae d(onum) d(edit) M(arcus) Umbilius Criton sum Pyladen vil[ico].

Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis

Deum vetusta religione / in velo formatum et umore obnubi/latum marmoreum cum / throno omnibusq(ue) ornamentis / a solo omni impendio suo fecit / Sex(tus) Pompeius Maximus pater /
q(uod) s(upra) s(criptum) est / et praesepia marmoravit p(edes) LXVIII idem s(ua) p(ecunia).
The Pater Sextus Pompeius Maximus (whose name is written above) paid out of his own pocket for the marble (statue of the) god, standing on the floor, with the throne, all his decorations, and he coated with marble the stalls for a length of 68 feet. The god, in accord with the old devotion, was (previously) depicted on a veil but it was fading because of the humidity.

Inscription of Mitreo Aldobrandini by Sextus

M. Lollianus / Callinicus pater / aram deo / do(num) de(dit)

Altar at Caseggiato di Diana

C. Caelius E[r]/meros / antis/tes h[ui]/us loc[i] / fecit / s(ua) p(ecunia).

A(ulus) Aemi / lius An/toninus / pater / Cauti
The pater Aulus Aemilianus Antoninus. To Cautes.

Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

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