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The New Mithraeum Database of Italy

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras from Italy.
 
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    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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    Mithraeum

    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

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    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

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    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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    Monumentum

    Aion of Mitreo Fagan

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

    TNMM116 – CIMRM 312, 313

    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…
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    Mithraeum

    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

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    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

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    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).
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony on display in Princeton

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.

    TNMM282 – CIMRM 605

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    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