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The New Mithraeum Database of Italy

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

Monumentum

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 / …
Monumentum

Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
This monument, found in the Domus Flavia in Rome, bears an inscription by a certain Aurelius Mithres.
TNMM630
[Aurel]ius / Mithres / Aug(usti) l(ibertus) strator / Serapi d(onum) d(edit).
Monumentum

Mosaic of Silvanus from Ostia
This unusual mosaic representation of the god Silvanus was found in the Mithreaum of the so-called Imperial Palace in Ostia.
TNMM491 – CIMRM 252
Monumentum

Inscription of Mitreo Aldobrandini by Sextus
This inscription found in the Mithraeum Aldobrandini informs us of certain restorations carried out in the temple during a second phase of development.
TNMM568 – CIMRM 233
Deum vetusta religione / in velo formatum et umore obnubi/latum marmoreum cum / throno omnibusq(ue) ornamentis / a solo omni impendio suo fecit / Sex(tus) Pompeius Maximus pater / q(uod) s(upra) s(cr…
Monumentum

Relief of Silvanus
This 3rd century marble relief of Silvanus is the only sculpture found in Mitreo Aldobrandini.
TNMM627 – CIMRM 236
Mithraeum

Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
TNMM97 – CIMRM 250, 251
Soli invict(o) Mit(hrae) d(onum) d(edit) L. Agrius Calendio.
Monumentum

Altar by Aelius Secundinus of Novaria
The v in this small altar found in Novaria has been interpreted by some commentators as qualifying Mithras as victorious.
TNMM622 – CIMRM 704
[S]acrum Soli / Mit[hr]ae numini / v... inviet(o) deo / [v]isu iussus / Aelius Secundinus.
Monumentum

Inscription of Valerianus Petalus
In this inscription, found in Angera in Lombardy, Mithras is referred to by the unicum 'adiutor'.
TNMM621 – CIMRM 717
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / adiutor(i) / Valerian(us) / Petalus v(otum) [s(olvit)].
Monumentum

Altars of two Clarissimi in the Phrygianum of the Vatican
Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome.
TNMM620 – CIMRM 513, 514
M(atri) d(eum) m(agnae) I(deae) / et Attidi meno/tyranno conser/vatoribus suis Cae/lius Hilarianus v(ir) c(larissimus) / duodecimbyr (sic!) / urbis Romae / p(ater) s(acrorum) et hieroceryx / i(nvicti)…
Monumentum

Colonne with inscription by workers of the pig market
The inscription included the names of the brotherhood, which are now lost.
TNMM619
S[oli] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / et sodalicio eius / actores de foro suario / quorum nomina / [[sequuntur]]…