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Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino
This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.
TNMM645 – CIMRM 357
Monumentum

Altar to Arimanius of the Esquilino
This altar mentioning the god Arimanius was found in 1655 at Porta San Giovanni, on the Esquilino.
TNMM481 – CIMRM 369
D(eo) Arimanio / Agrestius v(ir) c(larissimus) / defensor / magister et / pater patrum / voti c(ompos) d(at).
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

Mithras petrogenitus of the Esquilino
The relief of Mithras being born from the rock of the Esquiline shows the young god naked, as usual, with a torch and a dagger in his hands.
TNMM381 – CIMRM 353
Mithraeum

Mitreo dell'Esquilino
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
TNMM83 – CIMRM 356
Monumentum

Tauroctonia encontrada en el Esquilino
TNMM146 – CIMRM 368
Monumentum

Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.
TNMM619
S[oli] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et sodalicio eius / actores de foro suario / quorum nomina / [[sequuntur]]…
Monumentum

Tauroctony relief of the Esquiline
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull found on the Esquiline Hill includes two additional scenes with Mithras and two other figures.
TNMM382 – CIMRM 350, 351
C(auto)p(ati) / Primus pater fecit