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Monumentum

Mithräum II von Köln

A second Mithraeum was found in Cologne described by R. L. Grodon as of ’small importance’.

Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by Tiberius Claudius Romanius
Carole Raddato
Petrogeny relief of Cologne
Carole Raddato

The New Mithraeum

24 Aug 2021

Updated on Apr 2024

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It was built in the cellar of a private house near other substantial houses of the second half of the 2nd century AD. The only inscription is by a veteran, legion unknown.

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Inscription to Mithras by Claudius Romanius from Köln

Votive inscription dedicated to Mithras by the veteran soldier Tiberius Claudius Romanius, from the Mithraeum II Köln, 3rd century.

Petrogeny with a sheaf of wheat of Cologne

In this relief of the rock birth of Mithras, the child sun god holds a bundle of wheat in his left hand instead of the usual torch.

Mithräum I von Köln

The Mithraeum I of Cologne is situated amid a block of buildings. It was impossible to narrowly determine its construction and lay-out.