Monumentum
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.
The altar and aedicula in the northern room, seen from the south.
Ostia-antica.org / Klaus Heese
The New Mithraeum
31 Jan 2023
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Marble altar (H. 0.78 Br. 0.35 D. 0.44), standing before the cult-niche.
The altar has a hole in the middle, which pierces the marble completely. At the front the opening is surrounded by a wreath of oak-leaves with flying ribbons. An inscription over it (No. 220).
Calza, o.c., 331; Becatti in BCR LXVII, 1939, 38 n. 10; BCR LXX, 1942, 120f. with fig.
CIL XIV 4310
M. Lollianus / Callinicus pater / aram deo / do(num) de(dit).
Callinicus: compare Nos.
The altar has a hole in the middle, which pierces the marble completely. At the front the opening is surrounded by a wreath of oak-leaves with flying ribbons. An inscription over it (No. 220).
CIMRM 220
CIL XIV 4310
M. Lollianus / Callinicus pater / aram deo / do(num) de(dit).
Callinicus: compare Nos.
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.
Fragment with inscription to Arimanius Casa di Diana
The image of the god Arimanius to which this monument refers has not yet been found.
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
Graffito from the Mitreo del Cassegiato di Diana
This graffito seems to be an account of offerings made by Mithras worshippers in the Cassegiato di Diana