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Roman Marble Relief Panel with Birth of Mithras
Mithras emerging from the rock with torch and dagger beside a reclining Oceanus or Saturn.
TNMM248
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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

Inscription of Tellius Agatho in Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
This inscription found in the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres mentions the Pater Marco Aemiliio Epaphrodito known from other monuments in Ostia.
TNMM487 – CIMRM 248, 249
L(ucius) Tullius Agatho / deo Inuicto Soli / Mithrae aram d(ono) d(edit) / eanque (sic) dedicauit ob / honore(m) dei, M(arco) Aemilio / Epaphrodito, patre.
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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)
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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…
Monumentum

Denarius depicting Mithras rock-birth of St. Albans
The mithraic denarius of St. Albans dates from the 2nd century.
TNMM314 – CIMRM 827
MIΘRAC ΩROMASDHC / ΦRHN
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa
The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.
TNMM57 – CIMRM 2027, 2033
Mithraeum

Mithréum de Mandelieu
Excavations in 1979 on the remains of the church of Notre-Dame d'Avigonet in Mandelieu, Alpes-Maritimes, brought to light a small mithraeum.
TNMM598
Monumentum

Fragments of a Mithriac relief with Jupiter and Sol
These three fragments of carved marble depict Jupiter, Sol, Luna and a naked man wearing a Phrygian cap, with inscriptions calling Mithras Sanctus Dominum.
TNMM594 – CIMRM 332, 333
[Domi]no sanct[o / o]ptimo maxim[o / sa]lutari iussu eius / libens dedit / [M(arcus)] Modius Ag/[atho] cum / [suis pro Faus]to / pat[rono]. Dedit M. Modius [Agatho] / sancto domino / invicto Mithra…
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Altar with Minerva and a water god
According to the inscription on it, this altar probably supported a statue of Jupiter.
TNMM596 – CIMRM 330, 331
Iovi optimo maximo / caelestino fontibus et / Minervae et collegio / sanctissimo quod consis/tit in praedis Larci / Macedonis. / In curia. / Flavius Successus cum suis.