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Mosaic of the Mitreo di Felicissimo

The Felicissimo Mithraeum has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.
  • Floor mosaic of the Mitreo Felicissimus

    Floor mosaic of the Mitreo Felicissimus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Pater grade

    Pater grade
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Heliodromus

    Heliodromus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus

    Last step of the mosaic on the floor of the Mitreo Felicissimus
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Miles grade

    Miles grade
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

 
 
The New Mithraeum
10 Jul 2009
Updated on Mar 2022
 

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The central aisle of the Mithraeum di Felicissimus has a mosaic pavement with the symbolic representations of the different mithraic grades:
Near the entrance is a stylized tree.In the middle of the floor, in the space between the entrance and the niche, is a krater.Before the niche is a burning altar.Avobe the crater and then in the direction of the backwall the following figures, separated form each other by black bands: Two phrygian caps surmonted by a crescent.A small vase between a rave (l) and caduceus (r) (Corax-Mercurius).Radiate diadem in the form of a crescent; underneath it a lamp …

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Mitreo di Felicissimo

The Mithraeum Felicissimus has a floor mosaic depicting the seven mithraic grades.