Mithraeum of London

I only can give a few additions to the Mithraeum in the City of London as we are still waiting for the definite publication. See W. F. Grimes in Bruce-Mitford, 139ff; W. Th. Hül, Buried London and AJA 69, 1956, 314ff.1) The main axis of the Mithraeum was set east to west.2) In the first building-period of the sanctuary the number of columns was seven on each side.3) 'The front of the apse was broken by a slightly raised central portion, probably part of an arrangement involving the use of columns or other supports for a beam to take a curtain, behind which the group would have been concealed…