This site uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience.
Find out more on how we use cookies in our privacy policy.

 
Enter
 
Monumentum

Tauroctony of Circo Massimo

This marble relief depicting Mithras as a bull slayer was found in the back room of the Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus.
Small tauroctony of Circo Massimo

Small tauroctony of Circo Massimo
CIMRM 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
9 Nov 2023
 

The full article is reserved for our members.

Log in or create a free account to access the entire site.

…

Related monuments

Mitreo del Circo Massimo

The Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus was discovered in 1931 during work carried out to create a storage area for the scenes and costumes of the Opera House within the Museums of Rome building.

Tauroctony of Circo Massimo

This remarkable marble relief from the end of the 3rd century was discovered in the most remote room of the Mithraeum in the Circo Massimo.

Marble slab with inscription of Aelius Urbanus

The Mithraic fellow P. Aelius Urbanus mentions that he built the sacred area of the Mithraeum Circo Massimo.

Fragments of plaque from Circo Massimo

The inscription mentions the Pater Cossio Atiano.