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  • Syndexios

    Terentius Priscus Eucheta

    He was initiated and cured thanks to the invincible Nabarze.
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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

    The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres 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

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    Monumentum

    Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena

    The donor of this Mithraic inscription from Bolsena, a certain Tiberius Claudius Thermoron, is known from two other monuments.

    TNMM652 – CIMRM 660

    Soli invicto / Mitrhae(sic!) / Tiberius Claudi/us Tiberi filius / Thermodon / spelaeum cum / signis et ara / ceterisque / voti compos / dedit.
  • Syndexios

    Tiberius Claudius Thermodon

    Dedicated multiple monuments to Mithras, Fortuna Primigenia and Diana in Etruria.
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    Monumentum

    Altar from Mitreo di San Clemente

    The altar of the Mithraeum of San Clemente bears the Tauroctony on the front, Cautes and Cautopates on the right and left sides and a serpent on the back.

    TNMM469 – CIMRM 339, 340

    Cn(aeus) Arrius Claudianus / pater posuit.
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony/Repast of Castra Pretoria

    This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.

    TNMM651 – CIMRM 397

  • Syndexios

    Guntha

    Together with two other brothers, he offered a relief of the tauroctony in Rome.
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    Monumentum

    Album of Portus

    This marble tablet found at Portus Ostiae mentions a pater, a lion donor and a series of male names, probably from a Mithraic community.

    TNMM648 – CIMRM 325

    . . reus pater / . . . [G]lycon / . . . Rufus / . . . [D]afinus . . . Sinplicius / . . . Petrus / . . . Crescentinus / . . . Crescentio / . . . Bictorus / . . . Dafinus / . . . Feston / . . . . [S]erp…
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    Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Mitreo dell'Esquilino

    This simple relief of Mithras killing the bull without his companions Cautes and Cautopates was found in the so-called Mithraeum of the Esquilino, Rome.

    TNMM645 – CIMRM 357

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    Monumentum

    Inscription of Aurelius Mithres

    This monument, found in the Domus Flavia in Rome, bears an inscription by a certain Aurelius Mithres.

    TNMM630

    [Aurel]ius / Mithres / Aug(usti) l(ibertus) strator / Serapi d(onum) d(edit).
  • Syndexios

    Aurelius Mithres

    Imperial freedman and strator that offered a monument to Serapis.
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    Monumentum

    Mosaic of Silvanus from Ostia

    This unusual mosaic representation of the god Silvanus was found in the Mithreaum of the so-called Imperial Palace in Ostia.

    TNMM491 – CIMRM 252

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    Monumentum

    Relief of Silvanus

    This 3rd century marble relief of Silvanus is the only sculpture found in Mitreo Aldobrandini.

    TNMM627 – CIMRM 236

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    Mithraeum

    Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale

    A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.

    TNMM97 – CIMRM 250, 251

    Soli invict(o) Mit(hrae) d(onum) d(edit) L. Agrius Calendio.
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    Monumentum

    Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican

    Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome.

    TNMM620 – CIMRM 513, 514

    M(atri) d(eum) m(agnae) I(deae) / et Attidi meno/tyranno conser/vatoribus suis Cae/lius Hilarianus v(ir) c(larissimus) / duodecimbyr (sic!) / urbis Romae / p(ater) s(acrorum) et hieroceryx / i(nvicti)…
  • Syndexios

    Caelius Hilarianus

  • Syndexios

    Ulpius Egnatius Faventinus

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    Monumentum

    Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market

    The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.

    TNMM619

    S[oli] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et sodalicio eius / actores de foro suario / quorum nomina / [[sequuntur]]…
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    Monumentum

    Fresco of lions at Santa Prisca

    The inscription is above a procession of men carrying animals, bread, a crater and other objects that appear to be in preparation for a feast.

    TNMM498 – CIMRM 481, 482

    Nama Nicephoro leoni; nama Theodoro leoni. Nama Hel[io]doro leoni; Nama Gelasio leoni; Nama Phoebo leoni.
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    Monumentum

    Aion from Villa Barberini

    This lion-headed marble was found on the ruins of the Alban Villa of Domitianus.

    TNMM276 – CIMRM 326