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    Monumentum

    Fresco of procession of grades at Santa Prisca

    Procession of figures dressed in different ways with inscriptions calling them by the seven grades of the Mithraic initiation cult.

    TNMM115 – CIMRM 480

    Nama [patribus] / ab oriente / ad occiden[tem] / tutela Saturni; Nama H[eliodro]mis / tut[la]a S[ol]is; Nama Persis / tutela Lunae; Nama l[e]on[i-]b[us] / tutela Iovis; Nama militibus / tutela Mart[is…
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    Tauroctony marble from Mitreo Fagan

    This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull was dedicated to the ’incomprehensible god’ by a certain priest called Gaius Valerius Heracles.

    TNMM106 – CIMRM 310, 311

    Sig(num) imdeprehensivilis dei G(aius) Valerius Heracles sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) p(osuit). L(ucius) Sextius Karus et.
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    Zodiac stucco of Ponza

    Solis invicti Mithrae studiosus astrologiae who was at the same time ’caelo devotus et astris’.

    TNMM335

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    Frescoes with standing figures of Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

    The frescoes depict several figures dressed in different garments associated with the Mithraic degrees.

    TNMM104 – CIMRM 268

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    Cautes of the mitreo di Santa Prisca

    The marble statue of Cautes, found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca, was originally a Mercury.

    TNMM758 – CIMRM 477

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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo della domus dei capitelli

    Archaeologists discovered the 20th temple dedicated to Mithras in Ostia during the restoration of the domus del capitello di stucco in 2022.

    TNMM757

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    Mosaics from Mitreo degli Animali

    Several figures related to the Mysteries of Mithras are depicted on the mosaics of the Mithraeum of the Animals.

    TNMM168 – CIMRM 279

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    Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus

    In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having undergone the taurobolium.

    TNMM756 – CIMRM 522

    M(atri) d(eorum) m(agnae) I(daeae) et Attidi Menoturanno s(acrum). Nobilis in causis forma celsusq(ue) Sabinus Hie pater Invieti mystica victor habet, Sermo duos...... reservans Consimiles aufert…
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    Rufius Caeionius Sabinus

    Senator and Pater Sacrorum of Mithras, who consecrated several monuments in Rome in the late 4th century.
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Circo Massimo

    This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull slayer was found in the back room of the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.

    TNMM742 – CIMRM 437

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    Monumentum

    Cippus of Antoninus from Ostia

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

    TNMM740 – CIMRM 270, 317

    A(ulus) Aemi/lius An/toninu[s] / pater / Cauti. [An]tonin[us] / pater / Cauti.
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    Cippus from the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

    This small monument bear the inscriptions of a certain Caelius Ermeros, antistes at the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls.

    TNMM583 – CIMRM 269

    C. Caelius E[r]/meros / antis/tes h[ui]/us loc[i] / fecit / s(ua) p(ecunia).
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    Monumentum

    Inscription of Sabinus from San Clemente

    This marble slab, found in the Mithraeum of San Clemente, bears an inscription by a certain Aelius Sabinus for the health of the Emperor Antoninus Pius and his sons.

    TNMM739 – CIMRM 347

    [Pro salute / T. Aeli Antoni/ni] Aug(usti) e[t M(arci) Aeli / Au]reli Caes(aris) et / [L. Aur(eli) C]ommodi fil(iorum) / [Ael(ius?)] Sabinus c[ enturio ]leg(ionis) ... / [Sol?]i v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibe…
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    Bust of Sol from San Clemente

    This marble bust of Sol, found in the Mitreo di San Clemente, had five holes in the head where rays had been fixed.

    TNMM738 – CIMRM 343

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    Fragment of a Tauroctony from Ostia

    This elliptical terracotta fragment from Ostia depicts Mithras as a bullkiller.

    TNMM737 – CIMRM 316

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Palazzo Mattei di Giove

    This relief of Mithras as a bullkiller, probably found in Rome, has been part of the Palazzo Mattei collection since at least the end of the 18th century.

    TNMM721 – CIMRM 534

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    Monumentum

    Torchbearer restored as Paris

    This sculpture, probably of Cautopates, now in the Musei Vaticani, was transformed into Paris.

    TNMM718 – CIMRM 507

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    Monumentum

    Torchbearer of Porta Portese

    This is one of the two torchbearers, probably Cautes, transformed into Paris, now in the British Museum.

    TNMM132 – CIMRM 506

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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Santa Prisca

    Even if only a few fragments remain, it is very likely that the main niche of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca contained the usual representation of Mithras killing the bull.

    TNMM717 – CIMRM 479

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    Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca

    The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.

    TNMM716 – CIMRM 478