Monumentum
Mitreo Barberini
The Barberini Mithraeum was discovered in 1936 in the garden of the Palazzo Barberini, owned by Conte A. Savorgnan di Brazza.
General view of the Mitreo de Barberini
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Fresco del Mitreo de Barberini.
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One of the frescoes of Mithraeum Barberini
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Inscription slab of Barberini Mithraeum
Pascal Lemaire
The New Mithraeum
17 May 2007
Updated on Nov 2022
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The excavated room consists of a central room, on either side of which there is a smaller, narrower room; they are of the same size (probably first cent. A.D.). One of these rooms was changed into a Mithraeum later on. The sanctuary is rectangular (H. 4.42 L. 11.83 Br. 6.25) and is divided into a central aisle (Br. 1.95) and two side-benches, sloping towards the walls. Along the front of the r. bench (H. 0.83 Br. 1.40) as well as of the l. bench
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