Monumentum
Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
A mosaic by Silvanus, dated to the time of Commodus, was found in a niche in a nearby room of the Mithraeum in the Imperial Palace at Ostia.
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19 Jun 2009
Updated on 3 Feb 2022
The shrine seen from the south
Jan Theo Bakker / Ostia-antica.org
The shrine seen from the south
Jan Theo Bakker / Ostia-antica.org
Seen from the south, imprint from 1860
Bases y esculturas de Cautes y Cautopates del Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale, Ostia.
Detail of the niche with the depiction of Silvanus.
Ostia-Antica.org
Floor mosaic from Palazzo Imperiale Mithraeum
Ostia-antica.org / Jan Theo Bakker
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Near the 'Terme Marittime' (Bloch, Bolli lat., 278 = BCR LXVI, 1938, 146) in a room of a large palace (Palazzo Imperiale) a Mithraeum was excavated in 1860-1861 (Reg. III, Is. VIII).
Before the main-entrance, there was a small apartment, which must have served as a pronaos. In it was a mosaic of Silvanus (see infra) and an altar (now lost). In the middle of the apartment the remnants of a 'chimney' ('cammino') were found, probably behind an altar. On entering the sanctuary, one notices a peculiar altar.
The Mithraeum itself (L. 16.70 Br. 5.
Before the main-entrance, there was a small apartment, which must have served as a pronaos. In it was a mosaic of Silvanus (see infra) and an altar (now lost). In the middle of the apartment the remnants of a 'chimney' ('cammino') were found, probably behind an altar. On entering the sanctuary, one notices a peculiar altar.
The Mithraeum itself (L. 16.70 Br. 5.
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Data
- Location
Ostia, Latium (Italia) Ostia (Italy) - Latitude and longitude 12.281379,41.75368
- Type
- Labels
- Dimensions W. 525 D. 1670 cm
- Dating 162
- Discovery date 1860
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/97
- CIMRM 250, 251
Related
- Monumentum Cautes and Cautópates of Palazzo Imperiale
- Monumentum Mosaic of Silvanus from Ostia
- Monumentum Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale