Mithraeum of Tienen

In 1998 the enigmatic remains of an unidentified building, together with a number of pits containing very rich deposits, were excavated in the SW periphery of the vicus of Tienen, on the Roman road from Colonia Claudia (Cologne) to the Scheldt and thence to N Flanders and the Pas de Calais. Only after a preliminary examination of the finds could the small timber-framed building be identified as a mithraeum.

The temple of Mithras was erected on an empty parcel of land surrounded on at least 3 of its 4 sides by a palisade. On the opposite side ofthe road, another plot of land was also

The …