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  • Monumentum

    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.

    TNMM626 – CIMRM 276

    Silvano / sancto / sacrum / Hermes / M. Iuli Eunici.
  • Syndexios

    Hermes

    Slave of a certain Macus Iulius Eunicus, Hermes dedicated a monument to Silvanus found in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
  • Monumentum

    Painted tauroctony of Rome

    This unusual mural depicting Mithras killing the bull was found near the Colosseum in 1668.

    TNMM714 – CIMRM 337

  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Flavius Antistianus from Rome

    This inscription was dedicated to God Cautes by a certain Flavius Antistianus, Pater Patrorum in Rome.

    TNMM713 – CIMRM 336

    Deo Caute / Flavius Antistianus / v(ir) e(gregius) de decem primis pater patrum.
  • Syndexios

    Flavius Antistianus

    Pater patrorum of equestrian rank, he was a prominent figure in the Mithraic sphere in Rome.
  • Monumentum

    Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo

    The mosaic bears an inscription indicating the name of the owner.

    TNMM490 – CIMRM 301

    Fruc[tus ?] / (s)uis in/pendis / consum/mavit.
  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo del caseggiato di Diana

    The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

    TNMM5 – CIMRM 216

  • Monumentum

    Graffito of the Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana

    In the cult niche of the Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana there is a list of words that could indicate names and measurements.

    TNMM684 – CIMRM 218

    IIE M ULAS M﹡V BABENUS SMΛXS BECTON BINU XII PROCLUS BINU ﹡II ERMES DUX ﹡III FORTUNIU ADA NDA MAXIMUS BINU ﹡II.
  • Monumentum

    Hermae of the Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana

    A bearded Bacchus and another hermes as a woman, both crowned with vine tendrils, were walled into the base of a niche.

    TNMM683 – CIMRM 217

  • Monumentum

    Candelabrum of Doryphorus

    This magnificent candelabrum was found in Rome in 1803, in the Syrian Temple of Janicule.

    TNMM682 – CIMRM 508, 509

    Doryphorus pater.
  • Syndexios

    Doryphorus

    Doryphorus gave his grade and name in a monumental candalabrum found in Rome.
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony on display in Boston

    This fragmentary relief depicts Mithras killing the bull in the usual manner, remarkably dressed in oriental attire.

    TNMM539 – CIMRM 607

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony in Copenhagen

    This statue of Mithras as a bullkiller was bought at Rome where it might be found.

    TNMM674 – CIMRM 596

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief of Villa Borghese

    This is one of the three reliefs depicting Mithras killing the bull that the Louvre Museum acquired from the Roman Villa Borghese collection.

    TNMM672 – CIMRM 586

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony relief found between Porta Portese and St Pancrace

    Franz Cumont bought this relief of Mithras as a bullkiller from a dealer who claimed to have found it in a vineyard near the church of Saint Pancrace, in Rome.

    TNMM671 – CIMRM 585

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Villa Borghese

    This is one of the three reliefs of Mithras as a bullkiller from the Villa Borghese collection that belong to the Louvre museum, now in the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

    TNMM669 – CIMRM 588

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of via di Borgo

    This relief of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome bears the inscription of three brothers, two of them lions.

    TNMM649 – CIMRM 366, 367

    Deo sancto I(nvicto) M(ithrae) sacrathis (sic) d(onum) p(osuerunt) Placidus Marcellinus leo antis{ti}tes et Guntha leo.
  • Syndexios

    Marcellinus

    Marcellinus was an antistes who reached the grade of Leo in Rome.
  • Monumentum

    Cautes and Cautopates of Ostia found in 1939

    This marble of Cautes was found together with his partner Cautopates in Ostia in 1939.

    TNMM657 – CIMRM 296, 297

  • Monumentum

    Base with inscription of Priscus Eucheta to Navarze

    This inscription, which doesn't mention Mithras, was found near the church of Santa Balbina on the Aventine in Rome.

    TNMM653 – CIMRM 501

    Invicto d(eo) Navarze / Terentius Priscus / P(ublii) f(ilius) / Eucheta curante / et sacratis / d(onum) d(edit) c(ompos) b(oti).