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Monumentum

Mithraeum of Lambaesis

The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.
  • Plan of the Mithraeum of Lambèse

    Plan of the Mithraeum of Lambèse
    Marcel Le Glay 

  • Altar by Florus from Lambaesis

    Altar by Florus from Lambaesis
    EDCS 

 
The New Mithraeum
5 Jul 2009
Updated on Jul 2024

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The mithraeum was located outside the military camp, close to the temple precinct of the Asklepieion.

StructureThe mithraeum (l. 16.40 m × w. 8.40 m) is situated on an east-west axis. It was built using irregular stones and its interior was painted with plaster. Partially submerged 1.00 m below the Roman street level, it was entered via a door from the west that lay at the bottom of two large steps. Traces of the benches (h. 0.80 m × w. 2.00 m) were found in situ, which ran for the length of the main room, and were filled with stones and packed earth. The apse (l. 2.00 m × w. 1.80 m)

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Inscriptions of Valerius Maximianus at Lambaesis

These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.

Altar by Florus from Lambaesis

This altar, found in Tazoult تازولت, Algeria, was dedicated to the god Sol Mithras by a certain Florus.

Altar by Celsianus from Lambaesis

This altar found in Lambèse, now Tazoult, Algeria, bears the inscription of a certain Celsianus for the health of two men to the god Sol Unconquered Mithras.