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Mitreo di Spoleto
The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.
TNMM19 – CIMRM 673
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Mitreo di Fructosus
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
TNMM40 – CIMRM 226
Monumentum

Inscription of Victorinus from Tibur
This tabula marmorea was consecrated by a certain slave Vitorinus in Tibur, nowadays Tivoli, near Rome.
TNMM569 – CIMRM 214
Soli invicto Mithrae. / Sicuti ipse se in visu / iussit refici / Victorinus Caes(aris) n(ostri) / verna dispensator / numini praesenti suis in/pend(i)s reficiendum / curavit dedicav[itque]. / Nama cun…
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Mitreo Aldobrandini
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
TNMM42 – CIMRM 232
Monumentum

Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.
TNMM210 – CIMRM 546, 547
Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum.
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Mitreo di San Clemente
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
TNMM13 – CIMRM 338
Monumentum

Inscription of two lions from Angera
This marble base found in Angera in 1868 bears the inscription of two people who reached the degree of Leo.
TNMM567 – CIMRM 718
Cautopati sac[r(um)] / M(arcus) Status Nig[er] / VI vir aug(ustalis) c(reatus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) [M(ediolanensium)] / leg(atus?) dend(rophorum) c(oloniae) A(ureliae?) A(ugustae?) M(ediolanii) / e…
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.
TNMM209 – CIMRM 556, 625
Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit).
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Mitreo del Circo Massimo
The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.
TNMM15 – CIMRM 434
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.
TNMM169 – CIMRM 181
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Mitreo Barberini
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
TNMM14 – CIMRM 389
Monumentum

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.
TNMM557 – CIMRM 277
Monumentum

Inscription of the Olympius for a Leo
The inscription explains the transmission of the fourth Mithraic degree through the Paters of the Mitraeum of San Silvestro.
TNMM448 – CIMRM 400
Constantio VIllI et Iuliano II con[s(ulibus)] / Nonius Victor Olympius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) / et Aur(elius) Victor Augentius v(ir) [c(larissimus)] pater / tradiderunt leontica IIII idu…
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Mitreo della Piazza Dante
The Mithraeum located in Piazza Dante in Rome was discovered in 1874 along with a series of monuments dedicated by a Pater named Primus.
TNMM379 – CIMRM 349
Monumentum

Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
This fragmentary relief shows Cautopates bordered by three of the six zodiacal signs with which He is associated: Capricorn, Sagittarius and Scorpio.
TNMM545
Monumentum

Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
This monument dedicated to 'Invicto Patrio' was found in Milan in 1869.
TNMM530 – CIMRM 709
Invicto / patrio / Ulb(ius) Gaianus / praef(ectus) vehic(ulorum).
Monumentum

Tauroctony on display in Princeton
This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.
TNMM282 – CIMRM 605
Monumentum

Tauroctony exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum
In the tauroctonic relief on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Mithras slaughters the bull over a rocky background.
TNMM336
Monumentum

Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
This scene from the frescoes of the Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere shows a kneeling, naked man surrounded by two other figures.
TNMM333 – CIMRM 191
Monumentum

A man is initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras
This is the first of several fresco scenes depicting the initiation of a new member in a mithraic community, in Capua Vetere.
TNMM292 – CIMRM 187