Monumentum
Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa
The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.
Plan of the sanctuary with the position of the small finds
Csaba Szabó after Király 1886
Tauroctony of Sarmizegetusa
The New Mithraeum / Olivier-Antoine Reÿnès (CC BY-SA)
Aion of Sarmizegetusa
CIMRM
Cautopates by Synethus.
Muzeul Sarmizegetusa, Ortolf Harl 2010
Cautopates by Synethus.
Szabo Csaba 2010
Cautes of Sarmizegetusa
O. Harl, lupa 17592
Cautes of Sarmizegetusa
Muzeul Sarmizegetusa Ortolf Harl 2010
The New Mithraeum
2 Jun 2009
Updated on 17 Mar 2022
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Between 1882 and 1883 PálKirály and his team excavated the only Mithraic sanctuary (mihraeum) known from Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa. The mithraeum was published in a separate monograph and in various articles, attracting also the interest of the international scholarship – entering in the bibliography, as the „biggest” sanctuary ever found outside Rome.
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Without entering in details about the excavation, it is important to mention some particularities of this find.
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Without entering in details about the excavation, it is important to mention some particularities of this find.