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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.
Monumentum

Aion from Villa Barberini
This lion-headed marble was found on the ruins of the Alban Villa of Domitianus.
TNMM276 – CIMRM 326
Monumentum

Tauroctony of La Bâtie-Montsaléon
This damaged relief of Mithras killing the bull found in 1804 and formerly exposed at Gap, is now lost.
TNMM500 – CIMRM 898, 899
[Deo Soli in]victo M. Iulius Maternia/[n]us ex voto.
Monumentum

Altars found near Santa Maria in Monticelli
These three small marble altars mention the 'magister of the first year' Marcus Aemilius Chrysanthus and other members of the same community.
TNMM463 – CIMRM 517, 518
Deo / invicto / Mithrae / C(aius) Lucretius Mnester / M(arcus) Aemilius Philetus / summag(istri) anni primi / M(arcus) Aemili Chrysanti / d(e) s(uo) d(onum) d(ederunt). Orienti / Fructus Ponti (ser…
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Albergo Constanzi
Only a fragment of this marble group of Mithras killing the bull remains.
TNMM606 – CIMRM 535, 536
deum sibi // sua pecunia
Monumentum

Serapis head from Mérida
This head of Serapis from Cerro de San Albín may be unrelated to Mithras worship.
TNMM470 – CIMRM 783
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Santa Prisca
The Mithraeum of Santa Prisca houses remarkable frescoes showing the initiates in procession.
TNMM12 – CIMRM 476
Monumentum

Tauroctony 593
This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.
TNMM164 – CIMRM 593, 594
Alcimus T. Cl(audi) Liviani ser(vus) vilic(us) S(oli) M(ithrae) v(otum) s(olvit) d(onum) d(edit)
Monumentum

Inscription of Kastos father and son
Second Mithraic monument dedicated by the Kastos family, found not far from the Arco di S. Lazzaro, in Rome.
TNMM449 – CIMRM 474
Διί 'Ηλίω Μίθρα / άνεικήτω Κάστος / πατήρ καί Κάστος / ύιός / ύιός ίερός κόραξ.
Monumentum

Mithras pantocrator of the Villa Altieri
This unusual representation of Mithras standing on a bull was kept in the Casino di Villa Altieri sul Monte Esquilino until the 19th century.
TNMM475 – CIMRM 334