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Mithraeum of Aquincum II in Victorinus's house

The temple of Mithras in Aquincum was located within the private house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus.
  • Vista desde el oeste del Mitreo de Victorinus, Aquincum.

    Vista desde el oeste del Mitreo de Victorinus, Aquincum.
    A. Pegler. 

  • Nacimiento de Mitra del Mitreo de Victorinus, Aquincum.

    Nacimiento de Mitra del Mitreo de Victorinus, Aquincum.
    A. Pegler. 

  • Altar by Marcus Antonius Victorinus to Cautes

    Altar by Marcus Antonius Victorinus to Cautes
    Ubi Erat Lupa / Ortolf Harl 

  • Altar by Marcus Antonius Victorinus to Cautopates

    Altar by Marcus Antonius Victorinus to Cautopates
    Ubi Erat Lupa / Ortolf Harl 

  • Mithras rock-birth of Aquincum

    Mithras rock-birth of Aquincum
    CIMRM 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
10 Jun 2009
Updated on 18 Sep 2023
 

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Located within the town house of the decurio Marcus Antonius Victorinus. Orientation N-S. 7m x 16m The shrine is divided up into three parts-two ante rooms (the front room is populated by the excavators as a Shrine of Mercury. Certainly a large statue base stood here) and the cella trichora with its central aisle about 2 feet below ground level. The benches were accessed by a single step on either side of the bottom of the two cella entrance steps. A fragment of the tauroctony was found in the excavations and would have stood on the large stone base at the end (south) wall of the cella.

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