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Monumentum

Mithraeum I of Aquincum

The Mithraeum of Aquincum I existed in the potter's quarter of the ancient city of Budapest.
 
The New Mithraeum
24 Aug 2021
Updated on Mar 2022

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A Mithraeum I existing in the potter's quarter of the ancient city. We only know that the building had a rectangular groundplan and that it was destroyed in the time of the Marcoman wars (Nagy in BpTort II, 433). Four altars found side by side belong to this sanctuary of which no further details are known.

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