Monumentum
Mitreo del Campidoglio «lo perso»
This temple of Mithras on the north side of the Capitoline Hill in Rome no longer exists.
Mithras killing the bull (c. 150 CE; Louvre-Lens)
Serge Ottaviani
Unknown
Grabado incluido en la obra dedicada al relieve de Villa Borghese de Lajard
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Gravure d'Étienne Duperac dans Illustrations de fragments antiques, vers 1575
The New Mithraeum
20 May 2007
Updated on 16 Jan 2022
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In the Northern part of the Capitoline-hill, near the present Church of S. Maria d'Aracoeli, there was at the time of Cyriacus from Ancona (born 1391) a Mithraeum called 'lo perso'. Smetius visited it in 1550, but when Montfaucon arrived in Rome (1594) it had already been destroyed for some time. A manuscript from about 1600, which belonged to Lanciani and now lies in the Library of the Italian archaeological Institute (No. 124/227 ed. Mariani) gives further details about this sanctuary.