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  • Monumentum

    Fresco of Mithras

    Fresco of Mithras found in an arched niche above the right bench of the Baths of Caracalla’s Mithraeum in Rome.

    TNMM1023 – CIMRM 459

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Antium

    This marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found at Porto d’Anzio in 1699 and now lost, is known from a engraving by del Torre.

    TNMM908 – CIMRM 204

  • Monumentum

    Sol and Luna fenster from Rome

    Fragments of a marble relief of Sol, which probably served as a fenster.

    TNMM1022 – CIMRM 458

  • Monumentum

    Giant from Santa Prisca

    Partial relief of a Giant with snake-feet found in the Mithraeum of Santa Prisca.

    TNMM1043 – CIMRM 491

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Rome

    White marble statue of Mithras killing the sacred bull preserved in the Museo Nacional Romano.

    TNMM1070 – CIMRM 531

  • Monumentum

    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 Glycol.

    TNMM952 – CIMRM 319, 320

    Atil(ius) T(iti) f(ilius) P(alatina) Glycol [de]o invic(to) Mithr(ae) / d(onum) d(edit).
  • Monumentum

    Aion from Rome

    Lion-head god with traces of red paint found in Rome.

    TNMM1081 – CIMRM 550

  • Monumentum

    Mithras-Men from Rome

    Relief possibly depicting Mithras-Men holding a torch and a a bust of Luna on a crescent.

    TNMM1077 – CIMRM 541

  • Monumentum

    Aion found in the Tiber

    Fragment of a white statue depicting a naked god entwined by a serpent with its head on his chest, found in the River Tiber.

    TNMM1054 – CIMRM 503

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 483

    Continuation of the frescoes depicting an initiation into the Mithras cult, where two attendants present a repast to Mithras and Sol.

    TNMM1035 – CIMRM 483

  • Monumentum

    Two figures relief from Via Zanardelli

    Marble relief, probably found in Rome during the construction of the Palazzo Primoli along the Via Zanardelli.

    TNMM997 – CIMRM 419

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Viale Latino

    Partial marble statue of Mithras as a bullkiller found near Viale Latino, about 200 meters from Porta San Giovanni.

    TNMM969 – CIMRM 374

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony from Salita delle Tre Pile

    White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

    TNMM995 – CIMRM 417

  • Monumentum

    CIMRM 358

    White marble statue of Cautopates found in Rome.

    TNMM962 – CIMRM 358

  • Mithraeum

    CIMRM 464

    On the Aventine, between the Eastern side of S. Saba’s and the Via Salvator, there is a Roman building, which probably was used as a Mithraeum in the end of the 4th century.

    TNMM1027 – CIMRM 464

  • Monumentum

    The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia

    The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.

    TNMM602

    Dis pater Aeracura // Fata divina // Mercurius / nuntius // Vibia Alcestis // Abreptio Vibi(a)es(!) et discensio // Septe(m) pii sacerdotes // Vincentius // Bonorum iudicio iudicati // Vibia //s quoib…
  • Monumentum

    Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini

    The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras’s myth.

    TNMM167 – CIMRM 390

  • Monumentum

    Inscription by Proficentius, Rome

    This marble slab bears an inception be the Pater Proficentius to whom Mithras has suggested to build and devote a temple.

    TNMM437 – CIMRM 423

    Hic locus est felix sanctus piusque benignus / quem monuit Mithras mentemque dedit / Proficentio patri sacrorum / utque sibi spelaeum faceret dedicaretque / et celeri instansque operi reddit muneram /…
  • Monumentum

    Sabazios with Mithras from Bolsena

    This unusual bronze bust of Sabazios features multiple symbolic elements, with Mithras depicted in his characteristic pose of slaying the bull, positioned just below Sabazios’ chest.

    TNMM802 – CIMRM 659

  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo di Marino

    The Mithraeum of Marino presents an unusually elongated structure with depictions from the Severian period.

    TNMM22

 
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