Mithraic monuments of Capua
Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.
CIMRM 180
Tauroctony of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.
CIMRM 181
Eros and Psyche
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere includes a marble relief depicting a child Eros guiding Psyche through the dark.
CIMRM 186
Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
CIMRM 188
Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
In the Mithraeum of S. Capua Veteres, Cautes stands between two laurel trees.
CIMRM 182
A man is initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras
This is the first of several fresco scenes depicting the initiation of a new member in a mithraic community, in Capua Vetere.
CIMRM 187
Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
This scene from the frescoes of the Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere shows a kneeling, naked man surrounded by two other figures.
CIMRM 191
Aion fresco of Caputa Vetere
Minto has claimed that the time god Aion was painted on the corner of the north wall of the Mitreo de Santa Capua Vetere.
CIMRM 185
Prostrate figure fresco of Capua Vetere
Representation of a person lying prostrate on the ground between two other walking figures on the Mitreo of Santa Capua Vetere.
CIMRM 193
References
- Maarten Jozef Vermaseren (1971) Mithriaca I. The Mithraeum at S. Maria Capua Vetere
- Ministero de la Cultura, Italia (2024) Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, access and booking procedures
