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The New Mithraeum Database of Italy

Mithraic monuments, temples and other objects related to Mithras from Italy.

Monumentum

Inscription of two Gessius from Sentinum
Gessius Castus and Gessius Severus have placed a decorated stutue and left testimony on this inscription below.
TNMM571 – CIMRM 687
Dicatus V id(us) Sept(embres) Antonino aug(usto) II et sacerdote II co(n)s(ulibus) N(umini) s(ancto) S(olis) i(nvicti) Mithrae / duo Gessi Castus / et Severus simu/lacrum exoma/tum voto posu/erunt. …
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Spoleto
The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.
TNMM19 – CIMRM 673
Mithraeum

Mitreo di Fructosus
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
TNMM40 – CIMRM 226
Monumentum

Inscription of Victorinus from Tibur
This tabula marmorea was consecrated by a certain slave Vitorinus in Tibur, nowadays Tivoli, near Rome.
TNMM569 – CIMRM 214
Soli invicto Mithrae. / Sicuti ipse se in visu / iussit refici / Victorinus Caes(aris) n(ostri) / verna dispensator / numini praesenti suis in/pend(i)s reficiendum / curavit dedicav[itque]. / Nama cun…
Mithraeum

Mitreo Aldobrandini
The Mithraeum of Aldobrandini was excavated in 1924 by G. Calza on the premises belonging to the Aldobrandini family.
TNMM42 – CIMRM 232
Monumentum

Tauroctonia del Cortile del Belvedere
White marble relief depicting Mithras slaying the bull, dedicated by Atimetus.
TNMM210 – CIMRM 546, 547
Soli invicto deo / Atimetus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) ser(vus) act(uarius) praediorum Romaniarorum.
Mithraeum

Mitreo di San Clemente
The Mithraeum under the Basilica of San Clemente made part of a notable Roman house.
TNMM13 – CIMRM 338
Monumentum

Inscription of two lions from Angera
This marble base found in Angera in 1868 bears the inscription of two people who reached the degree of Leo.
TNMM567 – CIMRM 718
Cautopati sac[r(um)] / M(arcus) Status Nig[er] / VI vir aug(ustalis) c(reatus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) [M(ediolanensium)] / leg(atus?) dend(rophorum) c(oloniae) A(ureliae?) A(ugustae?) M(ediolanii) / e…
Monumentum

Tauroctony of the Loggia Scoperta
Currently in the Musei Vaticani, this Tauroctony includes Mithras's birth restored as Venus anaduomene.
TNMM209 – CIMRM 556, 625
Val(erius) Marinus pater sign(um) ǀ Invicti Mitrhe ex voto po(suit).
Mithraeum

Mitreo del Circo Massimo
The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.
TNMM15 – CIMRM 434