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Locus

Londinium

Londinium was the capital of Roman Britain for most of the period of Roman rule. It was originally a settlement founded around 47-50 AD in an uninhabited area.

Brothers active in Londinium

Mithraic monuments of Londinium

 

London Mithraeum

The Mithraeum of London, also known as the Walbrook Mithraeum, was contextualised and relocated to its original site in 2016.

CIMRM 814

 

Tauroctonia de Walbrook

The image of Mithras killing the bull, found near Walbrook, is surrounded by a Zoadiac circle.

CIMRM 810

 

Mithras head of Walbrook

The Mithras's head of Walbrook probable belonged to a life-size scene of the god scarifying the bull.

CIMRM 815

 

Dionysus group marble of London

Marble group of Dionysus accompanied by a Silenus on a donkey, a satyr and a menead.

CIMRM 822

 

Head of Minerva from London

This head was found at the east end of temple of Mithras in London.

Inscriptions of Londinium

Ulpius Silvanus / factis Arausione / emeritus leg(ionis) II aug(ustae) / votum solvit.
Ulpius Silvanus, veteran of the Legio II Augusta, recruited in Arausio, has fulfilled his vow.

Tauroctonia de Walbrook

Hominibus bagis bitam.
Thou givest lift to men.

Dionysus group marble of London

References

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