The New Mithraeum
27 Apr 2010
Updated on Oct 2023
A Mithraeum, built in the Casa di Diana (Reg. I, Is. III, 3). The house is early Antonine (± 140 A.D.).
The sanctuary has been constructed in two rooms, situated in the N. E. corner of the house, These rooms have cross-vaults and the floors were originally covered with mosaic. From room A one entered room B through a door on the right, while, moreover, in the middle of the partition-wall a window had been made. It is not clear to what purpose the inhabitants of the house had used these rooms, but when they were altered for a Mithraeum, many changes were introduced to meet the stereotyped…
The sanctuary has been constructed in two rooms, situated in the N. E. corner of the house, These rooms have cross-vaults and the floors were originally covered with mosaic. From room A one entered room B through a door on the right, while, moreover, in the middle of the partition-wall a window had been made. It is not clear to what purpose the inhabitants of the house had used these rooms, but when they were altered for a Mithraeum, many changes were introduced to meet the stereotyped…
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