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Mithraeum

Mithréum de La Bâtie-Montsaléon
During the excavations of 1804-1805, a series of monuments dedicated to Mithras and a temple were discovered at ancient Mons Seleucus.
TNMM499
Syndexios

Valerian
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.
Monumentum

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…
Syndexios

Nero
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
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
Syndexios

Marcus Aurelius Stertinius Carpus
He was a plebeian citizen who dedicated a monument to the Unconquerable Sun, Mithras.
Monumentum

Mercury of Mérida
The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.
TNMM394 – CIMRM 780, 781
Ann(o) col(oniae) CLXXX / invicto deo Mithrae / sacr(um) / G(aius) Accius Hedychrus / Pater / a(nimo) (libente) plosuit).
Monumentum

Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.
TNMM426 – CIMRM 796
Deo / invicto / C(aius) Aemilius / Superai[us] / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit).
Monumentum

Tauroctony on display in Princeton
This sculpture of Mithras killing the bull may come from Rome, probably found in 1919.
TNMM282 – CIMRM 605