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Altar of Sol of Via del Mare
This small altar found in Rome depicts the god Sol with five rays around his head.
TNMM329 – CIMRM 432, 433
Invicto / Soli / Felicissimus et / Philocurius aed(em) / d(onum) d(edit)
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Altar of Faustinus from Gimmeldingen
Corax Materninius Faustinus dedicated other monuments found in the same Mithraeum in Gimmeldingen.
TNMM444 – CIMRM 1319
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo / invihto (sic) / Materninius / Fau[s]tinus carx (sic) / in suo posuit / (libens) l(aetus) m(erito).
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Altar of Hermadio from Tibiscum
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM579 – CIMRM 2153
S(oli) I(nvicto) N(umini) M(ithrae) / pro salute / P(ubli) Ael(i) Mari / Hermadio / act(or) Turran(i) / Dii v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
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Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus
In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having undergone the taurobolium.
TNMM756 – CIMRM 522
M(atri) d(eorum) m(agnae) I(daeae) et Attidi Menoturanno s(acrum). Nobilis in causis forma celsusq(ue) Sabinus Hie pater Invieti mystica victor habet, Sermo duos...... reservans Consimiles aufert…
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Altar of Castlesteads
Horsley thought that, like some other inscriptions in the Naworth Collection, this altar also had come from Birdoswald.
TNMM720 – CIMRM 872
De(o) Soli / (Invi)cto / M(ith)r(a)e M(ar)/cus Liciniu(s) / Ripanus praef(ectus) v(otum) s(olvit).
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Altar of Bergamo
This altar to Deo Invicto was found during the excavation of the Monastero Delle Benedettine di Santa Grata in Bergamo, with a bronze calf’s head on top.
TNMM676 – CIMRM 710
Deo invicto / l(ibens) d(e) s(uo).
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Altar of Pisignano
This low relief on an altar of Mithras killing the bull was found in a church in Pisignano, south of Ravenna.
TNMM675 – CIMRM 692
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Altar 2 of Tibiscum by Hermadio
This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
TNMM580
Libero Patri / pro salute Mar(ci) / Turrani Dii et / [F]l(aviae)(?) Aeliae Nices / M(arcus) Turran(ius) / Patroclus ex / voto.
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Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras
This altar to Mithras found in Aquilieia mentions several persons of a same community.
TNMM497 – CIMRM 741
Deo f(orti) i(nvicto) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / P. Aelius / Mercur(ialis) / Q. Tessig/nius Maxi/mia(nus) patr(es) / pros(esedente) T(ito) Aur(elio) / Victore v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito).
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Altar to Sol by brothers of Budaors
This fragmented altar was erected by two brothers from the Legio II Adiutrix who also built a temple.
TNMM558 – CIMRM 1793
Sol(i) Soc(io) / M(arcus) Aur(elius) Fron/tinianus / et M(arcus) Aur(elius) Fr[o]/nto mil(ites) leg(ionis) /II Ad(iutricis) fratres / templ(um) const(ituerunt) / Antonino / IIII co(n)s(ule).