Mithraeum at Gross-Krotzenburg

Behind the west part of a Roman cemetery near the camp at Gross-Krotzenburg a Mithraeum was found in 1881. The finds were in the museum at Hanau, but they were destroyed during World-War II.Wolff, Römerkastell Gr. Kr., 29ff; MMM II 351 No. 247 and fig. 222; Wolff, Kastell Gr. Kr., 13ff; 29ff from which our fig. 301.Few remnants of the Mithraeum have been preserved as its bricks were used to construct the cemetery. At a depth of 1.50 mtrs only a large room (L. 10.50 Br. 2.30) could be distinguished, certainly the central aisle of the sanctuary with part of the pronaos. At the back a dais…