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Zodiac signs on the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The rich mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres include the the signs of the Zodiac.
TNMM610 – CIMRM 242
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Albergo Constanzi
Only a fragment of this marble group of Mithras killing the bull remains.
TNMM606 – CIMRM 535, 536
deum sibi // sua pecunia
Monumentum

Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae
Marble plaque with inscription of a sacerdos probatus to Sol and the god Invictus Mithras.
TNMM484
Soli et invicto [deo Mithrae]. / Ex permissu san[ctissimi] / ordinis dec[ur(ionum)] / Sex(tus) Egnatius Primitivus / sacerdos probatus sevir / Aug(ustalis) Casuenti et Carsulis, / q(uaestor) arcae Aug…
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Carsulae
Epigraphic monuments reveal the presence of a Mithraeum in the ancient municiple of Carsulae, in Umbria.
TNMM485
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Santa Prisca
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
TNMM12 – CIMRM 476
Monumentum

Tauroctony 593
This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.
TNMM164 – CIMRM 593, 594
Alcimus T. Cl(audi) Liviani ser(vus) vilic(us) S(oli) M(ithrae) v(otum) s(olvit) d(onum) d(edit)
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Inscription of Kastos father and son
Second Mithraic monument dedicated by the Kastos family, found not far from the Arco di S. Lazzaro, in Rome.
TNMM449 – CIMRM 474
Διί 'Ηλίω Μίθρα / άνεικήτω Κάστος / πατήρ καί Κάστος / ύιός / ύιός ίερός κόραξ.
Monumentum

Altar with inscription of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
This is one of several marble inscriptions made by a certain Caelius Ermeros, who was the antistes of the Mithraeum of the Imperial Palace.
TNMM461 – CIMRM 259
C. Caelius Hermaeros / antistes huius loci / fecit / sua pec(unia).
Monumentum

Mithras pantocrator of the Villa Altieri
This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.
TNMM475 – CIMRM 334
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Pisa
This white marble relief of Mithas killing the sacred bull was found embedded in the building of a noble family in Pisa.
TNMM604 – CIMRM 663
Monumentum

Inscription on the base of a statue from Stabiae
This inscription on white marble by Lucius Gavidius uses the term ther cultores to refer to his Mithraic community in Stabiae, Italy.
TNMM600
Aug(usto) s[a]crum. / L. Gavidius A[…]t[…] / cultoribus dei M[i]thr[ae] / donum d(edit) d(edicavit) li[b(ens) me]r(ito).
Locus

Stabiae
Stabiae was an ancient city situated near the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia and approximately 4.5 km southwest of Pompeii.
Monumentum

Mithraic brooch of Ostia
In the Mithraic bronze brooch found in Ostia, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by a nightingale and a cock.
TNMM369 – CIMRM 318
Monumentum

Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
These three fragments of carved marble depict Jupiter, Sol, Luna and a naked man wearing a Phrygian cap, with inscriptions calling Mithras Sanctus Dominum.
TNMM594 – CIMRM 332, 333
[Domi]no sanct[o / o]ptimo maxim[o / sa]lutari iussu eius / libens dedit / [M(arcus)] Modius Ag/[atho] cum / [suis pro Faus]to / pat[rono]. Dedit M. Modius [Agatho] / sancto domino / invicto Mithra…
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Piazza della Navicella
Several fragmentary Mithraic remains dedicated by a certain Agatho in the Caelius suggest that a Mithraeum existed in the area.
TNMM595 – CIMRM 327
Monumentum

Relief of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva
This marble relief bears an inscription by Marcus Modius Agatho, who dedicated several monuments to Mithras on the Caelian Hill in Rome.
TNMM597 – CIMRM 328, 329
Opt[i]mus maximus / Caelus aeternus Iup[i]/ter Iunoni Reginae / Minervae iussus liben[s] / dedit pro salutem suam / M(arcus) Modius Agatho et pr[o] / Fausti patroni hominis s(ancti?) / et Helpidis sua…
Monumentum

Altar with Minerva and a water god
According to the inscription on it, this altar probably supported a statue of Jupiter.
TNMM596 – CIMRM 330, 331
Iovi optimo maximo / caelestino fontibus et / Minervae et collegio / sanctissimo quod consis/tit in praedis Larci / Macedonis. / In curia. / Flavius Successus cum suis.
Monumentum

Slab of Sol Invictus
The slab of the Sun god has not yet connected to Mithras.
TNMM249 – CIMRM 373
Soli invicto / pro salute imp(eratorum) / et genio n(umeri) / eq(uitum) sing(ula- rium) / eorum M. Ulp(ius) / Chresimus sace[rd(os)] / Iovis Dolich[eni] / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) [m(erito)]
Monumentum

Aion from Muti's gardens
The lion-headed marble from Muti's gardens has a serpent entwined in four coils around his body.
TNMM296 – CIMRM 551
Socius

Milo Fascino
.memento homo.