Monuments to Mithras

Basis parva semirotunda reperta in monte Quirinali in via Mazzarini in Mithraeo exiguo.

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Marble altar, found near S.

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In lapide marmoreo reperta prope S.

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Ara marmorea, reperta ad Quirinalem in hortis pontificalibus.

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Towards the end of the 16th century a Mithraeum was discovered between the Quirinalis and the Viminalis.

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Lanciani, Storia Scavi, III, 200 gives another interesting note about a second Mithraeum, discovered in 1869 near the previous sanctuary in Muti's gardens.

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Wall-painting in the house of the Nummi Albani's family on the Quirinalis, Via Firenze near the Ministerio della Guerra.

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Beside the preceding No.

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The floor of this appartment was covered with black and white mosaic.

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Before the niche in the central aisle stands an altar (H. 0.80 Br. 0.60), covered with marble.

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On the last column of the left bench, a standing person has been painted in red, pressing his l.

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On the last column but one, a standing person in short tunic with a wreath of ivy.

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Graffito on the left wall: M acarius.

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Franz Cumont kindly drew our attention on several ancient fragments, walled in the wall of the flight of steps in the house at the Via Boncompagni 101 (boarding- house Cosmopolita).

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White marble statue (H. 0.50), found in the Castra Pretoria in 1882.

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CIL VI 750; MMM II No.

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CIL VI 752; MMM II No.

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CIL VI 753; MMM II No.

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When a foundation-pit was dug at a distance of 19 mtrs from the Via Sicilia 180, a marble slab (H. 1.72 Br. 0.48 D. 0.04) came to light which on the top and the bottom shows traces of iron clips and of lime, with which it must have been fixed.

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CIL VI 725; MMM II No.

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