Monumentum
Mitreo di Felicissimo
The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
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
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Floor mosaic of the Mitreo Felicissimus
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Pater grade
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Heliodromus
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Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus
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Miles grade
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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).