Monumentum
Mitreo di Marino
The Mithraeum of Marino is the longest temple devoted to Mithras know hitherto.
PublishedThe New Mithraeum
20 May 2007
Updated on 3 Feb 2022
Mitreo di Marino
Tauroctonia del Mitreo di Marino
Alliance between Mithras and Sol
Chaudron
Sol allegiance to Mithras
Chaudron
Alliance between Mithras and Sol
Chaudron
Altar of Mitreo di Marino
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Mr V. Zoffoli, enlarging his wine-cellars near the railway-station in 1963, discovered a grotto dedicated to the mighty and secret god. The plan of the Mithraeum is the usual one. Behind a wide entrance hall (L. 13.25 m, W. 8.00 m) we find the sanctuary itself, which is exceptionally long and much narrower (W. 3.10 m) than the ante-room. The longest Mithraeum of the Roman Imperium known hitherto was that at Sarmizegetusa is in Dacia (L. 26 m), the one at Marino however is 29.20 metres long, which is twice the normal length.