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Monuments to Mithras

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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Slab with inscription by Publilius Ceionius of Cirta
This inscription shows that Publilius Ceionius, most distinguished man, dedicated a temple to Mithras at Mila, in the modern Constantina, Algeria.
TNMM772 – CIMRM 129
Spel(a)eum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)].
Mithraeum

Mitreo dell’Esquilino
In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.
TNMM83 – CIMRM 356
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Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus of Andros
This inscription reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, Greece, which has not yet been found.
TNMM624 – CIMRM 2350
Pro salute imp(eratoris) Caesari(s) / L(uci) Septimi Severi et M(arci) Aur(eli) Antonini / Aug(ustorum) et P(ubli) Septimi Gaetae Caesari(s) / M(arcus) Aur(elius) Rufinus evocatus Aug(ustorum) n(ostro…
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Altar by Florus from El Gahara
This altar is dedicated to the god Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Florus, a veteran of the Legio III Augusta.
TNMM780 – CIMRM 153
[deo] Soli invicto / Mithrae / [Gel?]lius Florus / [vet(eranus?)] leg(ionis) III aug(ustae) / ... us Pastor / [si]g(nifer) al(ae) I Pa[nn(oniorum] / [Pom]ponius Ma/[xi]mus b(ene)f(iciarius) / [co] (n)…
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Inscriptions of Valerius Maximianus at Lambaesis
These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.
TNMM505 – CIMRM 137
Deo in/victo / Mithrae / sac(rum) / M. Val(erius) Maximianus / leg(atus) aug(usti) pr(o)pr(aetore).
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Altar by Valerius Maximianus from Apulum
This monument bears an inscription to Mithras by a well-known general of the Roman Empire.
TNMM506 – CIMRM 1950
[Soli ? or Deo ?] invicto / Mitrae / M(arcus) Val(erius) Maxi/mianus / leg(atus) Aug(usti) / v(otum) s(olvit).
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Altar by Celsianus from Lambaesis
This altar found in Lambèse, now Tazoult, Algeria, bears the inscription of a certain Celsianus for the health of two men to the god Sol Unconquered Mithras.
TNMM781
Deo Soli / Invicto / Mithr(a)e / pro salute et / incolumitate / C(ai) Fabi Fabiani / Vetili Luciliani / leg(ati) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) c(larissimi) v(iri) / Celsianus act(or) et not(arius) v(otum…
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Lambaesis
The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.
TNMM101
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Altar by Florus from Lambaesis
This altar, found in Tazoult تازولت, Algeria, was dedicated to the god Sol Mithras by a certain Florus.
TNMM779
D(eo) S(oli) I(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Val(erius) Florus / v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) p(rovinciae) N(umidiae) M(ilitianae) / ex voto / posuit.
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Eleusis
A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.
TNMM373
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Candelabrum of Caernarfon
The Caernarfon candelabrum is a reconstruction of several iron pieces found in the Mithraeum of Caernarfon.
TNMM416
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Inscription by Numidius Decens from Lambaesis
This inscription by a certain Numidius Decens was found in the Forum of Lambaesis, now Tazoult تازولت in Algeria.
TNMM777 – CIMRM 136
Invicto d[eo] Mithrae d[ed(it)?] P. Numidi[us] / Decen[s].
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Inscription of Aphrodisius
This inscription by a certain Aphrodisius was found under the old city hall of Algiers.
TNMM536 – CIMRM 151
Mithrae / Aphrodisius / Corneliorum / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) a(nimo).
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Inscription by Decimus from Lambaesis
Slab found at Tazoult-Lambèse dedicated to the Unconquered god Sol Mithras by the governor of Numidia Marcus Aurelius Decimus.
TNMM776
Invicto deo Soli / Mithrae Decimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) / p(rovinciae) Numidiae votum solvit / decentius feliciter.
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Altar from Ain-Zana
This altar was dedicated by a certain Marcus Aurelius Decimus to Sol Mithras and other gods in Diana, Numibia, present Argelia.
TNMM775 – CIMRM 140
Iovi optimo / maximo luno/ni reginae Min/ervae sanctae / Soli Mithrae / Herculi Mar/ti Mercurio / genio loci di/is deabusque / omnibus M/arcus Aureli/us Decimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) / p(ro…
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Altar by Marcus Aurelius Sabinus
This altar to the god Sol invicto Mithra was erected by a legate during Maximin’s reign in Lambaesis, Numidia.
TNMM616 – CIMRM 134
Deo Sol(i) in/victo Mi/thrae / M. Aurel(ius) / M(arci) f(ilius) Sergi/s Carnu/nto Sabi/nus prae/fect(us) leg(ionis) / III aug(ustae) p(iae) v(indicis) / Maximi/nianae v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito…
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Tauroctony of Velletri
The Tauroctony found in Velletri, Rome, bears an inscription from its owner and donor.
TNMM307 – CIMRM 208, 209
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Relief of Mithras, Shapur II and Ardashit II
This monument depicts Mihr/Mithras watching over the transition of power from Shapur II to Ardashit II, which took place in 379.
TNMM555
Mithraeum

Mithraeum of Dura Europos
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.
TNMM34 – CIMRM 34
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Randazzo Vecchio
This marble sculpture from Sicily, known as the Randazzo Vecchio or Rannazzu Vecchiu, contains some essential elements of the Mithraic Aion, the lion-headed god.
TNMM773