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Syndexios

Marcus Licinius Ripanus
Prefect, probably of Cohors II Tungrorum, who dedicated an altar to the invincible sun god Mithras in Camboglanna, Britannia.
Monumentum

Candelabrum of Caernarfon
The Caernarfon candelabrum is a reconstruction of several iron pieces found in the Mithraeum of Caernarfon.
TNMM416
Monumentum

Mithras rock-born from Housesteads
A naked Mithra emerges from the cosmic egg surrounded by the zodiac, as always carrying a torch and a dagger.
TNMM200 – CIMRM 860
Syndexios

Iustus
Solder of the Legio II Augusta who dedicated a monument to Mithras Invictus in Isca.
Syndexios

Marcus Simplicius Simplex
Equus and Prefect.
Notitia

The gay origins of the Hindi world for friend
The Sanskrit and Hindi word for friend is “Mitra”. It is also the Nepali word for it. The Sinhala word is ‘mitura’. The word’s etymology has surprising, stark and vivid homosexual connotations.
Monumentum

Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium
This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.
TNMM566 – CIMRM 876
Deo invicto [[et]] Soli soc(io) / sacrum. Pro salute et / incolumitate imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) / M(arci) Aureli Antonini pii felic(is) / aug(usti) L(ucius) Caecilius Optatus / trib(unus) coh(ortis) I…
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Burham
To date, there is no evidence that the so-called Mithraeum of Burham was ever used to worship the sun god.
TNMM592 – CIMRM 808
Monumentum

Inscripton of Justus from Caerleon
This oolite base, dedicated to the invincible Mithras, was found in the baths of the Villa de Caerleon, Walles.
TNMM741 – CIMRM 809
[Deo in]victo / [Mi]thrae / ...s Iustus / c[(enturio) leg]ionis II aug(ustae) / [l(ibens)] m(erito) f(ecit).
Locus

Isca
Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day suburban town of Caerleon, Walles.
Monumentum

Altar of Castlesteads
Horsley thought that, like some other inscriptions in the Naworth Collection, this altar also had come from Birdoswald.
TNMM720 – CIMRM 872
De(o) Soli / (Invi)cto / M(ith)r(a)e M(ar)/cus Liciniu(s) / Ripanus praef(ectus) v(otum) s(olvit).
Locus

Camboglanna
Camboglanna was a Roman fort.
Monumentum

Tauroctony medallion of Transylvania
This medallion belongs to a specific category of rounded pieces found in other provinces of the Roman world.
TNMM430 – CIMRM 2187
Monumentum

Altar of Inveresk with a griffin
This second altar discovered to date near Inveresk includes several elements unusual in Mithraic worship.
TNMM460
Daeo (sic) / invic(to) My(thrae) / C. Cas(sius ?) / Fla(vianus ?).
Syndexios

Lucius Caecilius Optatus
Tribune of the first cohort of Vardulli, he erected a mithraeum with his fellows in Brementium.
Locus

Bremenium
Bremenium is an ancient Roman fort located at Rochester, Northumberland, England.
Monumentum

Denarius depicting Mithras rock-birth of St. Albans
The mithraic denarius of St. Albans dates from the 2nd century.
TNMM314 – CIMRM 827
MIΘRAC ΩROMASDHC / ΦRHN
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Colchester
One of the rooms in a sustantive masonry building in Hollytrees Meadow was considered to be a Mithreum, a theory that has now been discarded.
TNMM73 – CIMRM 829
Locus

Colenceaster
Colchester KOHL-cheh-stər is a city in Essex, England.
Locus

Burham
Burham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England.