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Pensées (1947)
Les Pensées pour moi-même ont été rédigées en grec par l’empereur romain Marc-Aurèle, entre 170 et 180 ap. J.C., souvent pendant ses campagnes militaires. Elles étaient à l’origine destinées à être détruites à la mort de son auteur. Mais… 
SyndexiosLucius Antonius Menander
He was from Aphrodisias in Caria, where he erected a relief depicting Mithras killing the bull.-
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Bronze plaque of Sisak
This small bronze tabula ansata was dedicated to Mithras by two brothers, probably not related by blood.TNMM397 – CIMRM 1477
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Aurelius Heraclides / et Agathopus fra/tres v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito). 
SyndexiosCaracalla
Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.
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Mithraeum of Colchester
One of the rooms in a sustantive masonry building in Hollytrees Meadow was considered to be a Mithreum, a theory that has now been discarded.TNMM73 – CIMRM 829
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The Mithraic Prophecy (2022)
Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy. 
SyndexiosMarcus Antonius Victorinus
A powerful and wealthy man, founder of a mithraeum in the city of Aquincum of which he was the mayor.-
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Inscription of Olympus to his grandfather
This monument is the only one still available from the disappeared Mithraeum in Piazza S. Silvestro in Capite.TNMM447 – CIMRM 406
TAMESII / AUGENTII / OLYMPII / Olim Victor avus, caelo devotus et astris Regali sumptu Phoebeia templa locavit. Hunc superat pietate nepos, cui nomen avitum est: Antra facit, sumptusque tuos nec … -
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Aion of Oxyrhynchus
According to Pettazzoni Aion in general finds its iconographical origin in Egypt. Mithras must have been worshipped in Egypt in the third century B.C.TNMM271 – CIMRM 103
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Mithraeum of Andros
An inscription by a certain Aurelius Rufinus reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, but it has not yet been found.TNMM625
SociusMarcus Cassius Julianus
Owner of www.mithraeum.org and the Mithras and Mithraeum discussion lists on Groups.io. Co-founder of Nova Roma and the founder of Byzantium Novum.-
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Inscription by Decimus from Lambaesis
Slab found at Tazoult-Lambèse dedicated to the Unconquered god Sol Mithras by the governor of Numidia Marcus Aurelius Decimus.TNMM776
Invicto deo Soli / Mithrae Decimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) / p(rovinciae) Numidiae votum solvit / decentius feliciter. -
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Altar from Ain-Zana
This altar was dedicated by a certain Marcus Aurelius Decimus to Sol Mithras and other gods in Diana, Numibia, present Argelia.TNMM775 – CIMRM 140
Iovi optimo / maximo luno/ni reginae Min/ervae sanctae / Soli Mithrae / Herculi Mar/ti Mercurio / genio loci di/is deabusque / omnibus M/arcus Aureli/us Decimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) / p(ro… -
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Altar of Carrawburgh by Antonius Proculus
One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.TNMM527 – CIMRM 845
Deo Inv(icto) M(ithrae) / L(ucius) Antonius / Proculus / praef(ectus) coh(ortis) I Bat(avorum) Antoninianae / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito). -
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Tauroctony of Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum
This sculpture of Mithras killing the sacred bull bears an inscription that mentions the donors.TNMM526 – CIMRM 1768, 1769
[Sy]mphorus et M(arcus). 
SociusMarcus Mauney
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Slab with inscription by Publilius Ceionius of Cirta
This inscription shows that Publilius Ceionius, most distinguished man, dedicated a temple to Mithras at Mila, in the modern Constantina, Algeria.TNMM772 – CIMRM 129
Spel(a)eum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)]. 
