Mithraea

Mithraeum III found in the west part of Petronell near Hintausried in August 1894 by J. Dell and C. Tragau.

TNMM191 – CIMRM 1682

The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres 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.

TNMM9 – CIMRM 239

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

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Set in a Roman necropolis, the so-called Mithraeum of the Elephant takes its name from an elephant statue found in one of the tombs.

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There have probably been three mithraea discovered at Friedberg.

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Workman digging in a field near Dormagen found a vault. Against one of the walls were found two monuments related to Mithras.

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The Mithraeum of Sidon may have escaped destruction because the Mithras worshippers walled up the entrance to the underground sanctuary.

TNMM11 – CIMRM 74

A mosaic of Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.

TNMM97 – CIMRM 250, 251

The Mithraeum of Mocici was situated in a grotto at one hour's walk fomr the ancient Epidaurum.

TNMM58 – CIMRM 1882

An inscription by a certain Aurelius Rufinus reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, but it has not yet been found.

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