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Liber
Les Métamorphoses ou l'âne d'or (1947)
Jubilant dans le baroque aux confins de l'érotisme, du fantastique et de la mort, Les Métamorphoses d’Apulée (IIe siècle), seul roman latin dont nous possédions le texte intégral, racontent à la première personne les tribulations d’un naïf tr… 
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Liber
L'Âne d'or ou Les Métamorphoses (2003)
«Lecteur : attention tu ne t’ennuieras pas», nous prévient Apulée. Il était une fois un dénommé Lucius. Plutôt brave, un peu roublard. Notre Lucius, curieux de pénétrer les mystères de la magie, se retrouve transformé en âne, et bien des vi… -
Monumentum
Arula by Lucius Petreius of Cabrera de Mar
Small arula with mithraic inscription and dedication to Cautes from a garlic merchant.TNMM471
K(auti) d(eo) / L(ucius) Petre/ius Vic/tor ali/arius / d(eo) K(auti) M(ithrae) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito). 
SyndexiosLucius Antonius Menander
He was from Aphrodisias in Caria, where he erected a relief depicting Mithras killing the bull.-
Monumentum
Inscription of Septimius Archelaus
This marble plaque was made by a Pater and priest Lucius Septimius Archelaus of Mithras for him, his wife and his freedmen and freedwomen.TNMM453 – CIMRM 511
D(is) M(anibus) / L. Septimius Aug(ustorum trium) lib(ertus) Archelaus / pater et sacerdos invicti / Mithrae domus Augustanae / fecit sibi et Cosiae Primitivae / coniugi benemerenti libertis liberta/b… -
Mithraeum
Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.TNMM9 – CIMRM 239
SyndexiosLucius Caecilius Optatus
Tribune of the first cohort of Vardulli, he erected a mithraeum with his fellows in Brementium.-
Monumentum
Tabula ansata of Lucius from Bremenium
This inscription commemorates the building of a mithraeum in Bremenium with fellow worshippers of Mithras.TNMM566 – CIMRM 876
Deo invicto [[et]] Soli soc(io) / sacrum. Pro salute et / incolumitate imp(eratoris) Caes(aris) / M(arci) Aureli Antonini pii felic(is) / aug(usti) L(ucius) Caecilius Optatus / trib(unus) coh(ortis) I… -
Monumentum
Cippus à Zeus Helios great Serapis
This small cippus to Zeus, Helios and Serapis includes Mithras as one of the main gods, although some authors argue that it could be the name of the donor.TNMM628 – CIMRM 463
Εἷς Ζεὺς / [[Σάραπις]] / ῞Ηλιος / κοσμοκράτωρ / ἀνείκητος. Διὶ Ἡλίῳ / μεγάλῳ / Σαράπιδι / σωτῆρι / πλουτοδότῃ / … -
Monumentum
Mithraic exvoto of Dalmatia
The altar that now stands in Split was dedicated to Invincible Mithras for the health of a dear friend.TNMM396 – CIMRM 1873
D(eo) inv(icto) Mlithrael / L(ucius) Corn(elius) Apalaus/tus pro s(atute) M(arci) Vivi / Cresti amic(i) kariss(imi) / ex voto p(osuit). -
Monumentum
Altar with inscription from Baetulo
This altar was dedicated to Cautes by a certain Lucius in Baetulo (Badalona), near Barcino (Barcelona).TNMM541
K(auti) deo / L(ucius) Valer(ius) Monteius / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito). -
Monumentum
Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The altar includes a slab with an inscription for the salvation of two emperors.TNMM515 – CIMRM 273
Pr(o) sal(ute) Augg(ustorum duorum) / S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio(n) / sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit). -
Monumentum
Inscription on the base of a statue from Stabiae
This inscription on white marble by Lucius Gavidius uses the term ther cultores to refer to his Mithraic community in Stabiae, Italy.TNMM600
Aug(usto) s[a]crum. / L. Gavidius A[…]t[…] / cultoribus dei M[i]thr[ae] / donum d(edit) d(edicavit) li[b(ens) me]r(ito). 
SyndexiosCaracalla
Emperor Caracalla ordered one of Rome’s largest temples to the god Mithras to be built in the baths bearing his name.
SyndexiosLucius Gavidius
He dedicated to the Emperor, for the worshipers of the god Mithras a sculpture in Stabiae.
SyndexiosLucius Florius Hermadion
Priest. He devoted an inscription found on the main altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
