Mitreo del Campidoglio «lo perso»

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.

Colini in BCR 1938, 259 considers it possible to ascribe all data and finds to one Mithraeum (see the

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