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Inscription by Claudius Thermodon of Bolsena
The donor of this Mithraic inscription from Bolsena, a certain Tiberius Claudius Thermoron, is known from two other monuments.
TNMM652 – CIMRM 660
Soli invicto / Mitrhae(sic!) / Tiberius Claudi/us Tiberi filius / Thermodon / spelaeum cum / signis et ara / ceterisque / voti compos / dedit.
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Tiberius Claudius Thermodon
Dedicated multiple monuments to Mithras, Fortuna Primigenia and Diana in Etruria.
Locus

Volsinii
Volsinii or Vulsinii, is the name of two ancient cities of Etruria, one situated on the shore of Lacus Volsiniensis, and the other on the Via Clodia, between Clusium and Forum Cassii.
Monumentum

Altar from Mitreo di San Clemente
The altar of the Mithraeum of San Clemente bears the Tauroctony on the front, Cautes and Cautopates on the right and left sides and a serpent on the back.
TNMM469 – CIMRM 339, 340
Cn(aeus) Arrius Claudianus / pater posuit.
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Tauroctony/Repast of Castra Pretoria
This fragment of a double relief shows a tauroctony on one side and the sacred meal, including a serving Corax, on the other.
TNMM651 – CIMRM 397
Monumentum

Stele of Acilius Pisonianus from Milan
This high stele by a certain Acilius Pisonianus bears an inscription commemorating the restoration of a Mithraeum in Mediolanum, today's Milan.
TNMM650 – CIMRM 706
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / P(ublius) Acil(ius) Piso/nianus pater / patratus qui / hoc speleum / vi{i} ignis ab/sumtum com/parata area a re-/publ(ica) Mediol(anensi) / pecunia sua / restituit.
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Publius Acilius Pisonianus
Pater patratus, he financed the restoration of a Mithraeum in Milan.
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Guntha
Together with two other brothers, he offered a relief of the tauroctony in Rome.
Monumentum

Album of Portus
This marble tablet found at Portus Ostiae mentions a pater, a lion donor and a series of male names, probably from a Mithraic community.
TNMM648 – CIMRM 325
. . reus pater / . . . [G]lycon / . . . Rufus / . . . [D]afinus . . . Sinplicius / . . . Petrus / . . . Crescentinus / . . . Crescentio / . . . Bictorus / . . . Dafinus / . . . Feston / . . . . [S]erp…
Locus

Portus
Portus was a large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome.