The New Mithraeum
10 Jul 2009
Updated on May 2026
The central aisle of the Mithraeum di Felicissimus has a mosaic pavement with the symbolic representations of the different mithraic grades:
Near the entrance is a stylized tree.In the middle of the floor, in the space between the entrance and the niche, is a krater.Before the niche is a burning altar.Avobe the crater and then in the direction of the backwall the following figures, separated form each other by black bands: Two phrygian caps surmonted by a crescent.A small vase between a rave (l) and caduceus (r) (Corax-Mercurius).Radiate diadem in the form of a crescent; underneath it a lamp (Nymphus-Venus)…
Near the entrance is a stylized tree.In the middle of the floor, in the space between the entrance and the niche, is a krater.Before the niche is a burning altar.Avobe the crater and then in the direction of the backwall the following figures, separated form each other by black bands: Two phrygian caps surmonted by a crescent.A small vase between a rave (l) and caduceus (r) (Corax-Mercurius).Radiate diadem in the form of a crescent; underneath it a lamp (Nymphus-Venus)…
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