The New Mithraeum Database

Interview to one of the workers who participated in the discovery of the temple of Mithras of Marino, Rome.

This magnificently illustrated publication renews the Mithraic dossier on the basis of concrete data, with caution and penetration. Marino's discovery is disconcerting and rekindles the controversy about the order in which bands should be read.

The Mithraeum of Marino is the longest temple devoted to Mithras know hitherto.

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Administrator, probably a slave of Pater Alfius Severus, who dedicated the main altar of the Mitreo di Marino.

The importance of the Mithraeum of Marino lies in its frescoes, the most significant of which is that of Mithras slaying the bull, surrounded by mythological scenes.

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Pater (?) at Mithraeum of Marino

Video of the Comune di Marino on the Mithraeum of Marino

The monument is engraved with an inscription by Cresces, the donor.

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This shrine developed towards the end of 2nd century and remained active until beginning 4th.

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Marino has been inhabited by Latin tribes since the 1st millennium BC. During the Roman Republic it was a summer resort for Roman patricians who built luxurious villas in the area.