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Monumentum

Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.
TNMM619
S[oli] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et sodalicio eius / actores de foro suario / quorum nomina / [[sequuntur]]…
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Aion from Villa Barberini
This lion-headed marble was found on the ruins of the Alban Villa of Domitianus.
TNMM276 – CIMRM 326
Monumentum

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.
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.
TNMM209 – CIMRM 556, 625
Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit).
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Caesarea Maritima
This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.
TNMM33
Monumentum

Tauroctony from Vermaseren's private collection
Maarten Vermaseren acquired this rosso antico marble of Mithras slaying the bull in 1961.
TNMM376
Monumentum

Tarouctony of the Palazzo San Marco
This sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull was bequeathed to the Republic of Venice in 1793 by Ambassador Girolamo Zulian.
TNMM383 – CIMRM 584
Monumentum

CIMRM 64
, Scratched on a piece of wall plaster.
TNMM835 – CIMRM 64
Monumentum

CIMRM 109
L.
TNMM852 – CIMRM 109
Monumentum

CIMRM 206
Inscription from Antium, found at San Donato in 1884.
TNMM910 – CIMRM 206
Monumentum

CIMRM 609
Marble base "von zwei Palmen ins Gevierte, wenig mehr als einen halben Palme dick".
TNMM1118 – CIMRM 609
Monumentum

CIMRM 612
Statue in stone (H. 0.95).
TNMM1120 – CIMRM 612
Monumentum

CIMRM 621
About the next two monuments, no further data are known (cf. MMM II 485 No. 78c, bis): 1) In Palazzo Barberini (Zoega, Abh., 148 No.8).
TNMM1129 – CIMRM 621
Monumentum

CIMRM 642
Fragment of a white marble relief (H. 0.40 Br. 0.36 -0.10 D. 0.037-0.06), found together with the following No.
TNMM1147 – CIMRM 642
Monumentum

CIMRM 669
Fragment of marble relief (H. 0.30 Br. 0.33 D. 0.04)' probably from Narni, but the exact find-spot is unknown.
TNMM1162 – CIMRM 669
Syndexios

Flavius Septimius Zosimus
Vir perfectissimus and priest of Zeus Brontes and Hecate, he erected a mithraeum in Rome.
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Doryphorus
Doryphorus gave his grade and name in a monumental candalabrum found in Rome.
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Marcellinus
Marcellinus was an antistes who reached the grade of Leo in Rome.
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Aurelian
Roman emperor of humble origin who reunited the Empire and repelled the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts.
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Julian
Roman emperor and philosopher known for his attempt to restore Hellenistic polytheism.