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Mitreo Fagan

The Fagan Mithraeum, also known as the Mithraeum of Tor Boacciana, yielded remarkable sculptures of lion-headed deities, several of which are now preserved in the Vatican Museums.

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Marble base of Annius Lucullus Ostia

Small marble base with a dedication by T. Annius Lucullus, sevir and quinquennalis, to Martis Dendrophoris Ostiensium, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, dated to 143 A.D.

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Marble base of Atilius Bassus from Ostia

Small marble base dedicated by C. Atilius Bassus, freedman and apparator of a priest of the Great Mother, to Silvanus dendrophoris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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Marble base of Annius Merops from Ostia

Small marble base dedicated by Sex. Annius Merops, honoured Dendrophoros, to the image of Terrae Matris, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, dated to 142 A.D.

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Marble cap from the Mitreo degli Animali

Marble cap mentioned by Visconti, subsequently identified as certainly belonging to the finds of the Mitreo degli Animali rather than the Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale, Ostia.

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Slab from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

Marble slab with a fragmentary Latin inscription, walled into the right-hand side of the cult-niche in the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte at Ostia.

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Cippus of Antoninus from Ostia

This small white marble cippus bears an inscription of a certain Pater Antoninus to Cautes.

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Mithraeum (?) near the Sette Sapienti

The Sacello delle Tre Navate near the Therms of the Sette Sapienti at Ostia, whose identification as a Mithraeum remains uncertain, with a decorated cult-niche but lacking typical Mithraic iconography.

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Relief fragments from the Mitreo della Planta Pedis

Marble relief fragments from the cult niche of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis at Ostia, preserving the bust of Sol in radiate crown, the raven's tail, the bust of Luna in crescent, and parts of the rocky border.

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Basin of Criton from Ostia

The dedicator of this marble basin could be the same person who offered the sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull in the Mitreo delle Terme di Mitra.

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Inscription of Hermes to Silvanus

This inscription, found in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis, among some other monuments in Ostia, suggests a link between Mithras and Silvanus.

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Marble column of Iunia Zosime from Ostia

Small marble column dedicated by Iunia Zosime, mater, to Virtus Dendrophori from silver weighing two pounds, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia.

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Marble head of Helios-Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali

Marble head of Helios-Mithras with curly hair and seven holes for fastening rays, from the Mitreo degli Animali at Ostia, Lateran Museum.

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Mosaic floor from the Mitreo delle Sette Porte

Mosaic-paved floor of the central aisle of the Mitreo delle Sette Porte at Ostia, with a krater flanked by serpent and eagle, standing Jupiter and Saturn, torchbearers at the podia, and planetary gods Mars, Luna, Venus, and Mercury.

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Marble altar of Fusinius Felix from Ostia

Marble altar found near the entrance of the Mitreo delle Sette Porte at Ostia, dedicated by Sextus Fusinius Felix.

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Mitreo di Felicissimo

The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.

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Mitreo di Sabazio

The Mithraeum of Sabazeus was found in one of the rooms of the Horrea built in the years 120 - 125 AD. The installation of the shrine may have taken place in the first half of the third century.

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Cippus of Aurelius Crescens from Ostia

A small cippus from the Mithraeum of Sabazeus records the rebuilding of the sanctuary after its collapse.

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Torso dedicated to Mithras

Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glyco.

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Altar of Stertinius Carpus from the Ponte Emilio Area, Rome

This altar bears an inscription to the health of the emperor Commodus by a certain Marcus Aurelius, his father and two other fellows.

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