Monumentum
Mitreo di Fructosus
The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
20 May 2007
Updated on 17 Nov 2022
Veiw from the top
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
View through the vestibule towards the courtyard. From the west.
Ostia-antica.org / Daniel González Acuña
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Mithraeum (Reg. I, Is. X, 4) built in a private temple of a collegium, which is situated on the corner of Via del Pomerio and Via del Tempio Rotondo ('Mitreo di Fructosus').
The Mithraeum has been constructed in the favissae of a temple. The vaulted speleum had two side-benches, of which only the right one has been preserved (traces of red stucco). In the backwall a semi-circular niche (H. 1.20 Br. 1.25 D. 0.40) was hewn out roughly, this was painted blue.
Two bases, one of dark greyish marble (H. 0.56 Br. 0.27-0.22), the other of travertine (H. 0.55 Br. 0.28-0.
The Mithraeum has been constructed in the favissae of a temple. The vaulted speleum had two side-benches, of which only the right one has been preserved (traces of red stucco). In the backwall a semi-circular niche (H. 1.20 Br. 1.25 D. 0.40) was hewn out roughly, this was painted blue.
Two bases, one of dark greyish marble (H. 0.56 Br. 0.27-0.22), the other of travertine (H. 0.55 Br. 0.28-0.