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Nero
Fifth Roman emperor and last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from 54 until his death in 68.
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Commodus
Roman emperor, son of the emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
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Marcus Caerellius Hieronimus
Freedman, Pater, priest and antistes.
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Aulus Caedicius Priscianus
Eques Romanus and Pater active in S. Stefano Rotondo.
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Lucius Septimius Archelaus
A freedman of Septimius Severus, he was Pater and priest of the invincible Mithras, as mentioned in a marble inscription found in Rome.
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Nonius Victor Olympus
Pater Patrum and Senator. He was also the patriarch of the Olympian dynasty, overseeing a Mithraic community in the centre of Rome.
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Marcus Simplicius Simplex
Equus and Prefect.
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Kastos (father)
Together with his son, with whom he shares his name, Kastos has dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.
Socius

Blanche Bauchau
Art Historian
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Massimiliano David
professor of Archaeology at Sapienza (Rome)
Video

In Search Of Cyrus The Great E6 'The Origins Of Mithra'
Chapter of In Search of Cyrus devoted to the origins of the Iranian god Mithra.
Video

Le culte romain de Mithra par Richard Veymiers
Le culte romain de Mithra. Entre réalités antiques et fantasmes contemporains ! Par Richard Veymiers, directeur du Domaine et Musée royal de Mariemont.
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Mitreo di Marino
Interview to one of the workers who participated in the discovery of the temple of Mithras of Marino, Rome.
Monumentum

Saul depicted as Mithras Tauroctonos
Saul cutting the oxen to pieces poses as Mithras Tauroctonos in this painting, which adorns the mantelpiece of Henry II’s bedroom at the Château d’Écouen near Paris.
TNMM771
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CIMRM 615
Roman stone low-relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer, with the upper part of his head missing.
TNMM1123 – CIMRM 615
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Torso dedicated to Mithras
Marble torso found at Ostia in 1912 between the Decumanus and the Via dei Molini, dedicated to Mithras by a certain Atilius Glycol.
TNMM952 – CIMRM 319, 320
Atil(ius) T(iti) f(ilius) P(alatina) Glycol [de]o invic(to) Mithr(ae) / d(onum) d(edit).
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Tauroctony of Mile, Jajce
This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull-slayer was once owned by Major Holzhausen and Franz Cumont and is now housed at the Belgian Academy.
TNMM805 – CIMRM 1906
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Sofia
The Mithraeum of Serdica was found in the fortified area of the ancient city of Serdica, now Sofia, Bulgaria.
TNMM56
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
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Collezione Torlonia
This remarkable Greek marble relief of Mithras killing the bull was discovered in 1705 and remained in private collections until it was bought by the Louvre.
TNMM793 – CIMRM 408, 409
Soli invicto / L(ucius) Aur(elius) Severus / cum paremboli(s) / et [h]ypobasi / voto fecit. [Soli i]nvicto / Mithrae [f]ec(it) L(ucius) Aur(elius) Severus Pra[es(idente) L(ucio)] Domitio Mar[cel]li…