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MITHRAEUM
Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
CIMRM 224
Italy
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).
MONUMENTUM
Altar of the Mitreo Menandro
The brick altar of the Mithraeum Menander was covered with marble slabs bearing a crescent and an inscription.
CIMRM 225
Italy
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D(ono) D(edit) D(edicavit).
SYNDEXIOS
Diocles
Dedicated the main altar found in the Mithraeum of Menender.
SYNDEXIOS
Caius Lucretius Menander
Pater of the Mithraeum of Ostia which bears his name.
MITHRAEUM
Mitreo Sacellum delle Tre Navate
The Mithraeum in the Chapel of the Three Naves was not linked to the cult of Mithras until recently because of a mosaic showing a pig, in the belief that it was an animal unfit for consumption in a temple of Eastern origin.
Italy
MONUMENTUM
Basin of Mitreo della Planta Pedis
This marble basin found in the Mithraeum of the Footprint bears an inscription of a certain Umbilius Criton, associated with a monumental tauroctonic sculpture also found in Ostia.
CIMRM 275
Italy
[In]victo Mithrae d(onum) d(edit) M(arcus) Umbilius Criton sum Pyladen vil[ico].
MONUMENTUM
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
The person who commanded the sculpture may have been M. Umbilius Criton, documented in the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
CIMRM 230, 231
Italy
Κρίτων / Ἀθηναιος / έποίει.
MONUMENTUM
Mosaic of Fructus from the Mitreo del Sabazeo
The mosaic bears an inscription indicating the name of the owner.
CIMRM 301
Italy
Fruc[tus ?] / (s)uis in/pendis / consum/mavit.
MONUMENTUM
Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo
The Felicissimo Mithraeum has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
CIMRM 299
Italy
FELICISSIMVS / EX VOTO F[ecit]
MONUMENTUM
Marble slab with inscription from Mitreo Fagan
This monument bears an inscription that describes the god Mithra as young, which is quite unusual.
CIMRM 315
Italy
C(aius) Valerius Heracles pat[e]r e[t] an[tis]/tes dei iu[b]enis inconrupti So[l]is invicti Mithra[e / c]ryptam palati concessa[m] sibi a M(arco) Aurelio / ---
MONUMENTUM
Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The altar includes a slab with an inscription for the salvation of two emperors.
CIMRM 273
Italy
Pr(o) sal(ute) Augg(ustorum duorum) / S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio(n) / sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).
SYNDEXIOS
Lucius Florius Hermadion
Priest. He devoted an inscription found on the main altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis
MITHRAEUM
Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
CIMRM 272
Italy
MONUMENTUM
Head of Mithras from the Mitreo degli Animali
The head of Mithras had seven holes made for fastening rays.
CIMRM 280
Italy
MITHRAEUM
Mitreo delle terme di Mitra
The Mithraeum of the terms of Mithras takes its name from being installed in the service area of the Baths of Mithras.
CIMRM 229
Italy
SYNDEXIOS
Caius Valerius Vitalis
Priest
SYNDEXIOS
Lucius Agrius Calendius
Dedicated a floor mosaic to his god.
MONUMENTUM
Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
It bears an inscription repeated on each side of the podia.
CIMRM 251
Italy
Soli invict(o) Mit(hrae) d(onum) d(edit) L. Agrius Calendio.
MITHRAEUM
Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
A mosaic by 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.
CIMRM 250, 251
Italy
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.
CIMRM 252
Italy