The New Mithraeum

Reperta in ascensu Capitolii.

White marble relief depicting Mithras killing the bull, found broken in two parts in 1872 near Salita delle Tre Pile in Rome.

CIL VI 725; MMM II No.

Marble inscribed slab recording the dedication of a Mithraeum and an antrum to Mithras for the safety and victories of Septimius Severus and his family, found in Rome.

CIL VI 753; MMM II No.

CIL VI 752; MMM II No.

CIL VI 750; MMM II No.

White marble statue (H. 0.50), found in the Castra Pretoria in 1882.

Franz Cumont kindly drew our attention on several ancient fragments, walled in the wall of the flight of steps in the house at the Via Boncompagni 101 (boarding- house Cosmopolita).

Graffito on the left wall: M acarius.

On the last column but one, a standing person in short tunic with a wreath of ivy.

On the last column of the left bench, a standing person has been painted in red, pressing his l.

Before the niche in the central aisle stands an altar (H. 0.80 Br. 0.60), covered with marble.

The floor of this appartment was covered with black and white mosaic.

Beside the preceding No.

Wall-painting in the house of the Nummi Albani's family on the Quirinalis, Via Firenze near the Ministerio della Guerra.

Lanciani, Storia Scavi, III, 200 gives another interesting note about a second Mithraeum, discovered in 1869 near the previous sanctuary in Muti's gardens.

Towards the end of the 16th century a Mithraeum was discovered between the Quirinalis and the Viminalis.

Ara marmorea, reperta ad Quirinalem in hortis pontificalibus.

In lapide marmoreo reperta prope S.