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  • Monumentum

    Fresco Tauroctony of Mitreo di Marino

    The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.

    TNMM201

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Collezione Torlonia

    This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.

    TNMM793 – CIMRM 408, 409

    Soli invicto / L(ucius) Aur(elius) Severus / cum paremboli(s) / et [h]ypobasi / voto fecit. [Soli i]nvicto / Mithrae [f]ec(it) L(ucius) Aur(elius) Severus Pra[es(idente) L(ucio)] Domitio Mar[cel]li…
  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

    The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres (Sette Sfere) is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.

    TNMM9 – CIMRM 239

  • Monumentum

    Aion relief of Palazzo Colonna

    The relief of Palazzo Colonna, Rome, depicts a lion-headed figure holding a burning torch in his outstretched hands.

    TNMM317 – CIMRM 383

  • Monumentum

    Dedication to Zeus-Helios, Mithras, and Phanes

    This is the first known inscription that includes Phanes alongside Mithras found in a Mithraic context.

    TNMM792 – CIMRM 475

    Διὶ Ἡλίῳ Μίθρα Φάνητι / ἱερεὺς καὶ πατὴρ / Βενούστος / σὺν τοῖς / ὑπηρέταις θεοῦ ἀνέθ(ηκεν).
  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony found on the Esquiline

    This white marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was found on the Esquilino near the Church of Saint Lucy in Selci in Rome.

    TNMM146 – CIMRM 368

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of Ottaviano Zeno

    In this relief of Mithras as bull slayer, recorded in 1562 in the collection of A. Magarozzi, Cautes and Cautopates have been replaced by trees still bearing the torches.

    TNMM125 – CIMRM 335

  • Monumentum

    Altar from the Mitreo sotto la Basilica di San Lorenzo

    This cylindrical marble altar was dedicated by the same Pater Proficentius as the slab, both monuments found in the Mithraeum beneath the Basilica of San Lorenzo.

    TNMM439 – CIMRM 422

    Aebutius Restituti/anus qui et Proficen/tius antistes dei / Solis invicti Mithrae/ aram / d(onum) d(edit).
  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Mitreo Aldobrandini by Sextus

    This inscription found in the Mithraeum Aldobrandini informs us of certain restorations carried out in the temple during a second phase of development.

    TNMM568 – CIMRM 233

    Deum vetusta religione / in velo formatum et umore obnubi/latum marmoreum cum / throno omnibusq(ue) ornamentis / a solo omni impendio suo fecit / Sex(tus) Pompeius Maximus pater / q(uod) s(upra) s(cr…
  • Monumentum

    Altar of Fructus and Myro

    This marble monument was dedicated in Rome by the slave Fructus and his son Myro.

    TNMM463 – CIMRM 518

    Orienti / Fructus Ponti (servus) / cum Myrone [f(ilio)] / sub M. Aemilio / Chrysantho / mag(istro) anni primi.
  • Monumentum

    Altar of Lucretius Mnester and Aemilius Philetus

    This marble altar was found ’in the street called di Branco’, behind the palace of the Cardinal of Bologna, in Rome.

    TNMM785 – CIMRM 517

    Deo / invicto / Mithrae / C(aius) Lucretius Mnester / M(arcus) Aemilius Philetus / summag(istri) anni primi / M(arcus) Aemili Chrysanti / d(e) s(uo) d(onum) d(ederunt).
  • Monumentum

    Altar of Aemilius Chrysanthus to the Invincible Sol

    Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.

    TNMM479 – CIMRM 519

    Soli / invicto / M. Aemilius / M(arcorum duorum) l(ibertus) Chrysanthus / mag(ister) anni primi et / M. Limbricius Polides / dec(urio) et sodalicio eius / d(e) (suo) d(onum) d(ederunt).
  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Septimius Archelaus

    This marble plaque was made by a Pater and priest Lucius Septimius Archelaus of Mithras for him, his wife and his freedmen and freedwomen.

    TNMM453 – CIMRM 511

    D(is) M(anibus) / L. Septimius Aug(ustorum trium) lib(ertus) Archelaus / pater et sacerdos invicti / Mithrae domus Augustanae / fecit sibi et Cosiae Primitivae / coniugi benemerenti libertis liberta/b…
  • Monumentum

    Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan

    This white marble relief depicting a lion-headed figure from Ostia is now exposed at the Musei Vaticani.

    TNMM440 – CIMRM 314, 315

    C. Valerius Heracles pat[e]r e[t] an[tis]/tes dei iu[b]enis inconrupti So[l]is invicti Mithra[e / c]ryptam palati concessa[m] sibi a M. Aurelio / ---.
  • Monumentum

    Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia

    This inscription was commissioned by a family of priests of the invincible god Mithras.

    TNMM601

    D(is) [M(anibus)]. / Sanct(a)e adquae peraenni (sic) bon(a)e me/moriae viris Aurelii(s) Faustiniano patri / et Castricio fratri, sacerdotibus dii (sic) Solis / Invicti Mit(h)rae. (H)eredes aeorum (sic…
  • Monumentum

    Cippus à Zeus Helios great Serapis

    This small cippus to Zeus, Helios and Serapis includes Mithras as one of the main gods, although some authors argue that it could be the name of the donor.

    TNMM628 – CIMRM 463

    Εἷς Ζεὺς / [[Σάραπις]] / ῞Ηλιος / κοσμοκράτωρ / ἀνείκητος. Διὶ Ἡλίῳ / μεγάλῳ / Σαράπιδι / σωτῆρι / πλουτοδότῃ / …
  • Syndexios

    Caracalla

    Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.
  • Monumentum

    Altar by Septimius Zosimus from Roma

    This altar dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Septimius Zosimus was found in the Basilica of San Martino ai Monti in Rome.

    TNMM782 – CIMRM 360

    Deo Soli invicto Mitrhe / Fl. Septimius Zosimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) / sacerdus dei Brontontis et Aecate hoc spel(a)eum constituit.
  • Monumentum

    Inscription of Fructosus in Ostia

    The inscription is carved into two pieces of marble cornice.

    TNMM450 – CIMRM 228

    [L. Ag]rius Fructosus patron(us) corp(orationis) s[tupp(atorum), te]mpl(um) et spel(aeum) Mit(hrae) a solo sua pec(unia) feci(t).
  • Mithraeum

    Mitreo dell’Esquilino

    In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.

    TNMM83 – CIMRM 356

 
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