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The New Mithraeum Database

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Marble plinth inscription of L. Valerius Megistus, pater et sacerdos, Rome

A marble plinth inscription formerly in the Vigna Guidii outside the walls of Rome, recording L. Valerius Megistus as pater and sacerdos of the Invincible Mithras.

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Two lost tauroctony monuments from Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Sanesio, Rome

Two lost Mithraic monuments from Rome: one documented in a 1738 catalogue of the Palazzo Barberini as a tauroctony group with scorpion, snake and dog, and another mentioned by Pirro Ligorio as a Mithras panel in the Palazzo del Duca di Sanseverino.

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Altar dedicated to Sol Invictus from a cardinal's vineyard, Rome

Partially legible altar from a cardinal's vineyard in Rome, bearing a fragmentary dedication to the Invictus God Mithras Sol.

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Altar of Ralonius Diadumenus from Rome

Marble altar from Rome with a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras by Ralonius Diadumenus.

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Altar of T. Pomponius Repentinus from Rome

Marble altar lacking its tympanum, found in the house of Franciscus Novellus near S. Marco in Rome, dedicated to Sol Invictus by T. Pomponius Repentinus, a nomenclator and keeper of public records, with two denarii distributed at the dedication; dated to 184 A.D…

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Marble tablet of Felix Messala from Rome

Marble tablet with a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras by Felix Messala together with the initiates Catellus and Dianus, decorated with a branch on each side.

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Altar of M. Aurelius Bassus from Rome

Altar formerly in the house of the de Vellis family near the Carmelites in Rome and now in the Museo delle Terme, with a dedication to Silvanus on one side and on the reverse a record by M. Aurelius Bassus, priest of Sol, of having made a fountain flow.

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Pair of torchbearer reliefs from Palazzo Corsetti, Rome

Two white marble reliefs of Cautes and Cautopates in the usual Eastern attire with their torches broken off, found in the Palazzo Corsetti in Rome.

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Fragment of small white marble relief of Mithras tauroktonos from Palazzo Rondinini, Rome

Fragment of a small white marble relief showing Mithras slaying the bull with the dog, serpent and scorpion, formerly walled in the inner court of the Palazzo Rondinini (now Palazzo Sanseverino), Corso No. 518.

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Marble relief of Mithras grasping the bull's horn from Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome

Marble relief formerly in the Palazzo Giustiniani showing Mithras slaying the bull while grasping one of its horns, with the dog, serpent, scorpion and torchbearers, and a krater before the feet of Cautes.

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Marble altar CIL VI 744 dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by Vestalis and C. Vettius Augustalis, Rome

Marble altar from the gardens of the Villa Giustiniani near Porta Flaminia, dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras as a votive offering by Vestalis, servant of the Caesars, and C. Vettius Augustalis.

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Altar CIL VI 509 dedicated to Mater Deum and Invictus Mithras by Petronius Apollodorus, Rome

Altar with a Greek dedication to Magna Mater and Attis and a Latin inscription recording the dedication by Petronius Apollodorus, vir clarissimus and pater sacrorum of Invictus Mithras, following his taurobolium and criobolium with his wife, dated to 370 A.D…

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Large marble altar CIL VI 510 dedicated to Mater Deum and Sol Invictus Mithras by Aedesius, Rome

Large marble altar found near S. Giovanni in Laterano, dedicated by Sextilius Agesilaus Aedesius, pater patrum of Sol Invictus Mithras, to the Great Mother and Attis following his taurobolium and criobolium, dated to 376 A.D.

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Small marble altar CIL VI 31031 dedicated to Sol Invictus, found in the Tiber, Rome

Small marble altar found in the bed of the Tiber near the bank called "muro nuovo", with a fragmentary dedication to Sol Invictus indicating the restoration of an altar.

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Marble mortar and small finds from the S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Miscellaneous small finds from the S. Prisca Mithraeum including a marble mortar, pieces of glass, plates, dishes and lamps dating from the first four centuries A.D.

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Under-layer wall-paintings with Mithraic grade procession and dipinti, S. Prisca Mithraeum, Rome

Under-layer wall-paintings in the S. Prisca Mithraeum on the Aventine showing a further procession of Mithraic initiates in different colours, with partially legible dipinti including liturgical verses and acclamations.

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Small marble base CIL VI 412 dedicated to Jupiter Dolicheno and Sol, Aventine, Rome

Small marble base apparently found in the same Aventine sanctuary during former excavations, with a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus Dolicheno and Sol digno praestantissimo.

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Very small relief of Mithras slaying the bull, Aventine, Rome

Very small relief showing Mithras slaying the bull, with some figures preserved on the broken lower border, from the Aventine sanctuary in Rome.

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Small marble relief of primitive Mithras tauroktonos, Museo Capitolino, Rome

Small marble relief from the Aventine showing a primitive representation of Mithras slaying the bull, without torchbearers or Sol and Luna, with a raven on the flying cloak, the dog and serpent near the wound, and a scorpion, now in the Museo Capitolino.

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Marble relief fragments of Mithras tauroktonos from the Caracalla Mithraeum, Rome

Fragments of a marble relief of Mithras as bull-killer from the Caracalla Mithraeum, preserving the knee of the bull's right hind-leg, the bent knee of Mithras, and parts of the serpent, dog, cock and a bust in a tunic.

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