The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
White marble relief, found near the house of the Fontana family in a Roman villa on the northern slope of Mount Ciminus, not far from a road crossing leading to the Tiber. Found in a basement of concrete full of rubbish.Mithras slaying the bull, whose tail ends in three ears. The leg of the god, which rests on the animal, is abnormally small. Dog, serpent and scorpion are present.
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