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Monumentum

Probable Mithraeum on the Aventine between S. Saba and Via Salvator, Rome

Roman building on the Aventine between the eastern side of S. Saba and Via Salvator, probably used as a Mithraeum at the end of the 4th century, with a long corridor bearing three semicircular niches and a large external basin.
Mithraeum on the Aventine.
Mithraeum on the Aventine.CIMRM
 
The New Mithraeum
24 Dec 2024
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 1027 ↔ CIMRM 464

On the Aventine, between the Eastern side of S. Saba's and the Via Salvator, there is a Roman building, which probably was used as a Mithraeum in the end of the 4th century.

Gatti in NSc 1925, 382ff and fig. (cf. AA 1927, 108). See fig. 128.

The building lies East-West and consists of a long corridor (L. 20.00 Br. 2.95) with three semicircular niches in the Northern wall. The mosaic floor has been preserved in niche 1 (Br. 3.19 D. 2.47) and niche 3 (Br. 3.45 D. 2.60) and in room 4, but not in the smaller niche 2 (Br. 2.87 D. 2.12).

Outside the corridor-wall, there was a large basin (L. 6.40 Br. 4.85 D. 1.95) with four columns (H. 1.35 D. 0.60) on the corners, which probably supported a wooden roof. There was a hole in the bottom for the water-supply, whereas the outlet took place by an opening in the E.-wall. Four ordinary and four semicircular steps lead down into the basin.

CIMRM II 464

Via Salvatore Rosa.

Read: a large basin with four pillars at the corners.

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