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Syndexios

Sextus Pompeius Maximus
Pater Patrum of Ostia, he officiated at the Mitreo Aldobrandini where he is mentioned in a couple of inscriptions.
Syndexios

Apronianus
Public treasurer known for several inscriptions to Mithras found in San Silvestro.
Syndexios

Kastos (son)
Together with his father, Kastos dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.
Syndexios

Felicissimus
Probably the Pater of the Mithraeum of Ostia which bears his name.
Syndexios

Lucius Sextius Karus
His name was added to the main tauroctony sculpture of the Mitreo Fagan.
Syndexios

Tamesius Augentius Olympius
Syndexios

Kastos (father)
Together with his son, with whom he shares his name, Kastos has dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.
Monumentum

Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
This monument is the only one still available from the disappeared Mithraeum in Piazza S. Silvestro in Capite.
TNMM447 – CIMRM 406
TAMESII / AUGENTII / OLYMPII / Olim Victor avus, caelo devotus et astris Regali sumptu Phoebeia templa locavit. Hunc superat pietate nepos, cui nomen avitum est: Antra facit, sumptusque tuos nec …
Monumentum

Altar dedicated by Pater Patrum Augentius
This altar, now lost, mentions that the Pater Patrum passed on the attributes of the sacred Corax to his son.
TNMM445 – CIMRM 403
Dd(ominis) nn(ostris) Valente V et Valentiniano / iuniore primum Augg(ustis) VI idus april(es) / tradidit hierocoracica Aur(elius) Victor / Augentius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) filio suo Emi…
Monumentum

Stele of the Arch of San Lazzaro
This stele found at the foot of the Aventine bears an inscription of Kastos father and son, and mentions several syndexioi who shared the same temple.
TNMM443 – CIMRM 473
Mithraeum

Mitreo all'Arco di San Lazzaro
Three mithraic monuments were found in 1931, suggesting that a mithraeum probably existed in the area.
TNMM442 – CIMRM 472
Mithraeum

Mitreo Fagan
The Mitreo Fagan revealed remarkable sculptures of leon-headed figures now exposed at the Vatican Museum.
TNMM98 – CIMRM 309
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Macerata
The Macerata Tauroctony shows Mithra slaying the bull with the usual Pyrigian cap and six rays around his head.
TNMM392 – CIMRM 690, 691
[I]nvicto Propitio / Sal(vius) Novanio / [L]ucianus / d(onum) p(osuit)
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Felicissimo
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
TNMM7 – CIMRM 299
Felicissimvs / ex voto f[ecit]
Monumentum

Petrogeny of San Clemente
Mithras birth from the knees upwards emerging from a rock and wearing as usual a Phrygian cap.
TNMM435 – CIMRM 344
Monumentum

Tauroctonia del Mitreo de Duino
TNMM194
Mithraeum

La grotta del Mitreo
The site was destroyed in the 5th century but some elements, including the benches, can still been seen.
TNMM39
Mithraeum

Mitreo presso Porta Romana
The Mithraeum near Porta Romana was connected to a Sacello, but the door was blocked.
TNMM41
Mithraeum

Mitreo delle Sette Porte
The name of the Mithraeum of the Seven Gates refers to the doors depicted in the mosaic that decorates the floor, symbolising the seven planets through which the souls of the initiates have to pass.
TNMM4 – CIMRM 287
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Domus del Mitreo of Tarquinia
Votive sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull from the Mithraeum of Tarquinia.
TNMM214