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The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.
TNMM602
Dis pater Aeracura // Fata divina // Mercurius / nuntius // Vibia Alcestis // Abreptio Vibi(a)es(!) et discensio // Septe(m) pii sacerdotes // Vincentius // Bonorum iudicio iudicati // Vibia //s quoib…
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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 pẹṛaenni (sic) bon(a)e me/moriae viṛis Aureliị(s) F̣austiniano patri / et Castricio fratri, sacerdotibus dii (sic) Solis / Invicti Mit(h)rae. (H)eredes a…
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Tauroctony of the Villa Borghese
This relief of Mithras slaying the bull was erected in Piazza del Campidoglio, moved to Villa Borghese and is now in the Louvre Museum.
TNMM131 – CIMRM 415, 416
Nama Sebesio. / Deo Soli invict[o] Mitrhe (sic!) / C(aii) Aufidii Ianuarius [et…] Nam/a/ ne CS
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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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Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis
This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.
TNMM531 – CIMRM 275
[In]victo Mithrae d(onum) d(edit) M(arcus) Umbilius Criton sum Pyladen vil[ico].
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Basin with inscription from Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The dedicator of this marble basin could be the same person who offered the sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull in the Mitreo delle Terme di Mitra.
TNMM486 – CIMRM 275
[In]victo Mithrae d(onum) d(edit) M(arcus) Umbilius Criton cum Pyladen vil[ico].
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Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale
The sculptures of Cautes and Cautopates from the Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale may have been reused from an older mithraeum in Ostia.
TNMM143 – CIMRM 254, 255
C(aius) Caelius / Ermeros / ant/istes huius lo/ci fecit sua / pec(unia). Posit(a)e XV k(alendas) / febr(u)arias / Q(uinto) Iunio Rus/tico / L(ucio) Plaut[io] / Aquilin[o] / co[(n)s(ulibus)].
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Tauroctony of Circo Massimo
This remarkable marble relief from the end of the 3rd century was discovered in the most remote room of the Mithraeum in the Circo Massimo.
TNMM184 – CIMRM 435, 436
Deo Soli Invicto Mithrae Ti(tus) Cl(audius) Hermes ob votum dei typum d(onum) d(edit).
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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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Petrogeny of San Clemente
Mithras birth from the knees upwards emerging from a rock and wearing as usual a Phrygian cap.
TNMM435 – CIMRM 344