Monumentum
Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
A mosaic of 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.
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.
Altar of Mitreo Palazzo Imperiale
Jan Theo Bakker / Ostia-antica.org
Detail of the niche with the depiction of Silvanus.
Ostia-Antica.org
Floor mosaic from Palazzo Imperiale Mithraeum
Ostia-antica.org / Jan Theo Bakker
The New Mithraeum
19 Jun 2009
Updated on 22 Sep 2023
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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.