Shrines of Mithras

The Mithraeum of Visentium, near Capodimonte in Viterbo, was carved grotto-style into a tuff cliff overlooking the waters of Lake Bolsena, just a few dozen metres away.

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The Mithraeum of Sutri was built inside a rocky hill that also hosted the Roman theatre of the city.

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The Mithraeum was inserted into the basement of the basilica-theater by the 3rd century.

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The Mithraeum of Marino presents an unusually elongated structure with depictions from the Severian period.

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The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

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The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.

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The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.

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The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres (Sette Sfere) is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.

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The Mithraeum of Thermes in Greece was discovered in 1915 by Bogdan Filov.

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The remains of the Mithraeum of Aosta, also known as the Mitreo di Augusta Praetoria, were discovered in 1953 in insula 59, in a commercial district of the ancient city.

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The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.

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The Mithraeum of Schwarzerden, also know as Mithräum von Reichweiler, was carved on the rock.

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The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the largest known to date.

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In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.

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A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.

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The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

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An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.

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

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The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.

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Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.

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