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Monumentum
Aion of Orazio Muti
This monument has been identified from 'Memorie di varie antichità trovate in diversi luoghi della città di Roma', a book by Flaminio Vacca of 1594.TNMM113
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Aion of Villa Albani
White marble statue of Lion-head god of time, formerly in the Villa Albani, nowadays in the Musei Vaticani.TNMM123 – CIMRM 545
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Mithraeum
Mitreo di Fructosus
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.TNMM40 – CIMRM 226
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Monumentum
Inscription of Victorinus from Tibur
This tabula marmorea was consecrated by a certain slave Vitorinus in Tibur, nowadays Tivoli, near Rome.TNMM569 – CIMRM 214
Soli invicto Mithrae. / Sicuti ipse se in visu / iussit refici / Victorinus Caes(aris) n(ostri) / verna dispensator / numini praesenti suis in/pend(i)s reficiendum / curavit dedicav[itque]. / Nama cun… 
SyndexiosVictorinus
Slave of the imperial family and dispensator who repaired an image of Mithras in Tibur, near Rome.-
Mithraeum
Mitreo Aldobrandini
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.TNMM42 – CIMRM 232
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Monumentum
Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.TNMM210 – CIMRM 546, 547
Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum. -
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Mitreo di San Clemente
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.TNMM13 – CIMRM 338
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Monumentum
Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.TNMM209 – CIMRM 556, 625
Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit). 
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Mithraeum
Mitreo del Circo Massimo
The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.TNMM15 – CIMRM 434
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Mithraeum
Mitreo Barberini
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.TNMM14 – CIMRM 389
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Monumentum
Coin of Valerian and Sol
This coin was deposited in the upper level of the throne in the cult niche of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.TNMM557 – CIMRM 277
SyndexiosValerian
Roman emperor from 253 to 260, he was taken captive by Shapur I of Persia. He was thus the first emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.-
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Inscription of the Olympius for a Leo
The inscription explains the transmission of the fourth Mithraic degree through the Paters of the Mitraeum of San Silvestro.TNMM448 – CIMRM 400
Constantio VIllI et Iuliano II con[s(ulibus)] / Nonius Victor Olympius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) / et Aur(elius) Victor Augentius v(ir) [c(larissimus)] pater / tradiderunt leontica IIII idu… -
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Aion of Mitreo Fagan
The marble Aion from the lost Mithraeum Fagan, Ostia, now presides the entrance to the Vatican Library.TNMM116 – CIMRM 312, 313
C. Valeri/us Heracles pat(er) / et C(aii) Valerii / Vitalis et Nico/mes sacerdo/tes s(ua) p(e)c(unia) p(o)s(ue)r(unt). / D(e)d(icatum) idi(bus) aug(ustis) im(peratore) / Com(odo) / VI et / Septi/miano… 
SyndexiosNero
Fifth Roman emperor and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 until his death in 68.-
Mithraeum
Mitreo della Piazza Dante
The Mithraeum located in Piazza Dante in Rome was discovered in 1874 along with a series of monuments dedicated by a Pater named Primus.TNMM379 – CIMRM 349
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Monumentum
Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum
This fragmentary relief shows Cautopates bordered by three of the six zodiacal signs with which He is associated: Capricorn, Sagittarius and Scorpio.TNMM545
SyndexiosMarcus Aurelius Stertinius Carpus
He was a plebeian citizen who dedicated a monument to the Unconquerable Sun, Mithras.