Mithraic monuments of Capua
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Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
CIMRM 180
One of Roman Italy’s most important Mithraic sanctuaries, the Mithraeum at S. Maria Capua Vetere preserves a remarkable painted cycle of initiation scenes, offering rare visual evidence for the ritual life of Roman Mithaism.
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Tauroctony from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
CIMRM 181
The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.
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Eros and Psyche
CIMRM 186
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere includes a marble relief depicting a child Eros guiding Psyche through the dark.
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Stars of the Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
The vault of the Mithraeum in S. Capua Vetere is decorated with stars that have holes in their centers, which once held colorful glass decorations.
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Fresco de Luna en el Mitreo de Santa Maria Capua Vetere
CIMRM 184
Luna riding a biga in the Mithraeum of Santa Capua Vetere.
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Fresco scene from Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere
CIMRM 188
Fresco showing a scene of initiation into the mysteries of Mithras in the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere.
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Cautes fresco from Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere
CIMRM 182
In the Mithraeum of S. Capua Veteres, Cautes stands between two laurel trees.
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A man is initiated into the Mysteries of Mithras
CIMRM 187
This is the first of several fresco scenes depicting the initiation of a new member in a mithraic community, in Capua Vetere.
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Kneeling man from Santa Maria Capua Vetere
CIMRM 191
This scene from the frescoes of the Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere shows a kneeling, naked man surrounded by two other figures.
References
- Maarten Vermaseren (1971) Mithriaca I. The Mithraeum at S. Maria Capua Vetere
- Ministero de la Cultura, Italia (2024) Mitreo of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, access and booking procedures