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Monumentum

Head of Mithras from Santo Stefano Rotondo
The head was part of a stucco relief of the Tauroctony found under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome
TNMM165
Monumentum

Aion of Florence
The sculpture of Aion from Florence, Italy, has the usual serpent, coiled six times on its body, whose head rests on that of the god of eternal time.
TNMM330 – CIMRM 665
Monumentum

Mithraic arcosolium of Catacombe de Marcellino e Pietro
A dinner scene with Sabina from the Catacombe dei Santi Marcellino e Pietro, near Rome, may have been commissioned by a follower of Mithras.
TNMM342
SABINA MISCE
Monumentum

Altar of Sol of Via del Mare
This small altar found in Rome depicts the god Sol with five rays around his head.
TNMM329 – CIMRM 432, 433
Invicto / Soli / Felicissimus et / Philocurius aed(em) / d(onum) d(edit)
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Leonardo Agostini book
Tauroctony from a gemme, printed on Le gemme antiche figurate di Leonardo Agostini.
TNMM228
Monumentum

Head of Sol / Helios intarsio from Sant Prisca
The intarsium of Sol found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca is composed of several varieties of marble.
TNMM385
Monumentum

Mithras tauroctonus and taurophorus vessel from Lanuvium
The red ceramic vessel from Lanuvium shows Mithra carrying the bull, followed by the dog, and the Tauroctony on the opposite side.
TNMM368 – CIMRM 207
Monumentum

Mithraic Sol of Piazza Dante
The relief of Sol was found during the construction of Piazza Dante in Rome in 1874.
TNMM384 – CIMRM 354, 355
C(auto)p(ati) Primus pater fecit
Monumentum

Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco
This sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was bequeathed to the Republic of Venice in 1793 by Ambassador Girolamo Zulian.
TNMM383 – CIMRM 584
Monumentum

Taurcotony statue of the Esquiline Hill
Except for the serpent, the sculpture of the taurcotony found on the Esquiline Hill lacks the usual animals that accompany Mithras in sacrifice.
TNMM380 – CIMRM 352
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
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

Mithraeum of the Coloured Marble
The Mitreo dei Marmi Colorati takes its name after the discovery of a black-and-white mosaic of Pan fighting with Eros.
TNMM233
Mithraeum

Mitreo d'Orazio Muti
This Mithraic temple, now disappeared, is known thanks to the numerous remains recorded since 1594 in the 'Memorie di varie antichità trovate in diversi luoghi della città di Roma'.
TNMM99
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Cortile del Belvedere
The Tauroctony relief of Mithras killing the bull walled in the Cortile of the Belvedered, Vatican City, was found by Fagan near Ostia.
TNMM363 – CIMRM 321
Mithraeum

Mitreo della Crypta Balbi
The Mithraeum of the Crypta Balbi was locted in the middle of a densely populated insula near the theatre of Cornelius Balbus.
TNMM183
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Quirinale
This sculpture of Mithras sacrificing the bull was found in the Quirinal and is now on display in the Musei Capitolini.
TNMM321 – CIMRM 385
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Albacini
This black marble of Mithras killing the Bull has belonged to the sculptor Carlo Albacini.
TNMM297 – CIMRM 557
Mithraeum

Mitreo degli Animali
The Mithraeum of the Animals was decorated with a mosaic depicting a naked man, a cock, a raven, an scorpion, a snake and the head of the bull.
TNMM3 – CIMRM 278
Monumentum

El sueño de Mitra
TNMM118