Flavius Antistianus was a prominent figure in the Roman Mithraic cult. He held the distinguished title of pater patrum, suggesting his considerable influence and authority within the Mithraic ...

Son of the patriarch of the Olympius saga, of senatorial rank, who for at least three generations watched over a Mithraic community in the 4th century Rome. Aurelius is the son of Nonius Victor ...

Son of Aurelius Victor Augentius, grandson of Nonius Victor Olympius, and elder brother of Emlianus. He built temples for worship around 382-383.

Both of them were discovered in 1609 in the foundations of the façade of the church of San Pietro, Rome. M(atri) d(eum) m(agnae) I(deae) / et Attidi meno/tyranno ...

This marble altar was found ’in the street called di Branco’, behind the palace of the Cardinal of Bologna, in Rome. Deo / invicto / Mithrae / C(aius) Lucretius ...

These two inscriptions by a certain Titus Martialius Candidus are dedicated to Cautes and Cautopates. D(eo) Or(ienti) / T(itus) Mar/tial(i)us / Candi/dus v(otum) s ...

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On a field next to the bullring, a house appeared which, because of some of the peculiarities that we will describe and the ancient sculptural findings of the bullring, was called the House of the ...

Pater Patrum and Senator. He was also the patriarch of the Olympian dynasty, overseeing a Mithraic community in the centre of Rome. Patriarch of the Olympius family, of senatorial rank, who for at ...

Several inscriptions at Ostia mention a certain Caius Celius Ermero, always referred to as the antistes of that place. One, engraved on a small marble altar, was found in the mithraeum of the Pareti ...

The monument was dedicated by two brothers, one of them being the Pater of his community. In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo invicto / Mytrhe (sic!) ara/m ex voto ...

He was cornicularius, supply officer, to the prefect of the Legion XXII Primigenia. Secundinius Amantius dedicated a marble altar, found intact with its base and crown during the excavation of a ...