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Monumentum

Altar of Malaga
This lost monument from Malaga, Spain, to Dominus Invictus has been linked to the cult of Mithras, although there is not enough evidence.
TNMM732 – CIMRM 767
L(ucius) Servilius Supera/tus Domino Invicto / donum libens ani/mo posuit / ara(m) merenti.
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Tauroctony of via di Borgo
This relief of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rome bears the inscription of three brothers, two of them lions.
TNMM649 – CIMRM 366, 367
Deo sancto I(nvicto) M(ithrae) sacrathis (sic) d(onum) p(osuerunt) Placidus Marcellinus leo antis{ti}tes et Guntha leo.
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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 / …
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Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus
This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.
TNMM338 – CIMRM 793
Ann(o) Col(oniae) CLXXX / aram genesis / Inuicti Mithrae / M(arcus) Val(erius) Secundus / fr(umentarius) Leg(ionis) VII Gem(inae) dono / ponendam merito curauit / G(aio) Accio Hedychro patre
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The Acosolium of the Mysteries in the Hypogeum of Vibia
The epigrahy includes a mention of Marcus Aurelius, a priest of the god Sol Mithras, who bestowed joy and pleasure on his students.
TNMM602
Dis pater Aeracura // Fata divina // Mercurius / nuntius // Vibia Alcestis // Abreptio Vibi(a)es(!) et discensio // Septe(m) pii sacerdotes // Vincentius // Bonorum iudicio iudicati // Vibia //s quoib…
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Altar of Firmidius Severinus from Geneva
This limestone altar bears an inscription from its donor, Firmidius Severinus, in honour of Mithras after 26 years of service in the Legio VIII Augusta.
TNMM599 – CIMRM 916
Deo invicto / genio loci / Firmidius Se/verinus mi(les) /leg(ionis) VIII aug(ustae) p(iae) f(idelis) / c(onstantis) C(ommodae) stip(endiorum) XXVI aram / ex voto pro salute / sua v(otum) s(olvit) l(ib…
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Plaque with the list of worshippers of Virunum
The bronze bears the dedication of a restoration of a Mithraeum carried out in 183.
TNMM375
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) pro salute imp(eratoris) [[Commodi]] Auglustil pii / qui templum vii conlapsum impendio suo restituerunt / et mortalitat8is) causa convener(unt) / Marullo et Aeliano coln/s(…
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Slab of S. Urban by Ursinus
Marble plaque with inscription by a certain Ursinus found in Virunum in 1838.
TNMM532 – CIMRM 1443
Deo invic/to Metras / Ursianus do/num posuet.
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Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus
This marble gives some details of the reconstruction of the Virunum Mithraeum.
TNMM455 – CIMRM 1431
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) templum vetusta(te) / conlabsum quot (sic) fuit / per annos amplius / L desertum, Aur(elius) / Hermodorus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) pr(aeses) pr(ovinciae) N(orici) / M(edi)t(err…
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Major fresco of the Mitreo Barberini
The votive fresco from the Mithraeum Barberini displays several scenes from Mithras's myth.
TNMM167 – CIMRM 390