Monumentum
Mitreo di Fructosus
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
The New Mithraeum
20 May 2007
Updated on 17 Nov 2022
The full article is reserved for our members.
Log in or create a free account to access the entire site.
The Mithraeum has been constructed in the favissae of a temple. The vaulted speleum had two side-benches, of which only the right one has been preserved (traces of red stucco). In the backwall a semi-circular niche (H. 1.20 Br. 1.25 D. 0.40) was hewn out roughly, this was painted blue.
Two bases, one of dark greyish marble (H. 0.56 Br. 0.27-0.22), the other of travertine (H. 0.55 Br. 0.28-0.22) support statues of
…