Monumentum
Mitreo di Felicissimo
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
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27 Apr 2010
Updated on 27 Jan 2022
Plan of the shrine. North is to the left. SO II, fig. 22.
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Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Floor mosaic of the Mitreo Felicissimus
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Pater grade
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Heliodromus
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Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 
Miles grade
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
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Mithraeum (Reg. V, Is. IX, 1) built in a house of uncertain destination ('Mitreo di Felicisimo'). Second half of third century A.D.
The entrance (Br. 2.20) to the Mithraeum (L. 11.10-10.35) is in the leftwall and opposite to it in the right wall is a semicircular niche. The two side-benches (H. 0.20 Br. 1.40-1.15) end just in front of the entrance and this niche, they have not any steps. Near the entrance is a ritual basin (diam. 0.40).
The entrance (Br. 2.20) to the Mithraeum (L. 11.10-10.35) is in the leftwall and opposite to it in the right wall is a semicircular niche. The two side-benches (H. 0.20 Br. 1.40-1.15) end just in front of the entrance and this niche, they have not any steps. Near the entrance is a ritual basin (diam. 0.40).
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Data
- Location
Ostia, Latium (Italia) Ostia (Italy) - Latitude and longitude 12.291534,41.754512
- Type
- Labels
- Dimensions W. D. 1110 cm
- Dating 2nd half of 3rd century
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/7
- CIMRM 299
Related
- Monumentum Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo