Monumentum
Stucco tauroctony room from Agurzano near Rome
A subterranean room with a stucco depiction of Mithras slaying the bull, probably from the fourth century, discovered at Agurzano near Ponte Mammolo on the Via Tiburtina outside Rome.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
At Agurzano near Ponte Mammolo on the Via Tiburtina, a tomb-chamber was discovered with stucco scenes relating to the founding of Rome. Nearby, between graves, a subterranean room was found with a stucco depiction of Mithras with the bull, probably from the fourth century.
CIMRM II 640
Dr. C. C. van Essen remarks that the true name is Tenuta (or Torre) Aguzzano, which is situated much nearer to Casal dei Pazzi on the Via Nomentana than to Ponte Mammolo on the Tiburtina (Ashby in PBSR III 1906, 82, 100). Fulvio Vettraino told me in 1957 that the stucco-group of Mithras was even larger than that in the Mithraeum of S…
CIMRM II 640
Dr. C. C. van Essen remarks that the true name is Tenuta (or Torre) Aguzzano, which is situated much nearer to Casal dei Pazzi on the Via Nomentana than to Ponte Mammolo on the Tiburtina (Ashby in PBSR III 1906, 82, 100). Fulvio Vettraino told me in 1957 that the stucco-group of Mithras was even larger than that in the Mithraeum of S…
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