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Monumentum

Mitreo del Caseggiato di Diana

The Mithraeum of the House of Diana was installed in two Antonine halls, northeast corner of the House of Diana, in the late 2nd or early 3rd century.
 
 
The New Mithraeum
27 Apr 2010
Updated on 31 Jan 2023
 
  • Plan of the Mithraeum of the House of Diana

    Plan of the Mithraeum of the House of Diana
    Eric Taylor 

  • Detail of the head of Dionysus below a graffito

    Detail of the head of Dionysus below a graffito
    Eric Taylor 

  • The altar and aedicula in the northern room, seen from the south.

    The altar and aedicula in the northern room, seen from the south.
    Ostia-antica.org / Klaus Heese 

 

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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.
 
 

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Fragment with inscription to Arimanius Casa di Diana

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Inscriptions of Caseggiato di Diana

This marble slab found near the Casa de Diana in Ostia bears two inscription with several names of brothers of a same community

Altar at Caseggiato di Diana

This altar was originally consecrated to Hercules and was rededicated to Mithras by Callinicus in the Mithraeum of the House of Diana.