Finds discovered near the crossing of the criptoporticus of the Mithraeum at Capua, including marble plate fragments, a tuff base, red lamps, and animal bones.
Miscellaneous finds from the middle of the Mithraeum of Capua, including a terracotta antefix with centaurs, basins, marble bases, lamps with a Sol head, and coins of M. Aurelius and Constantine.
Fresco fragment from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua, of which only the heads and parts of the white tunica of two figures remain visible.
Two scenes from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua, now indistinguishable.
Fresco showing a mystagogus pressing down the shoulders of a kneeling myste, attended by a third figure in Phrygian cap, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.
Fresco showing two persons standing behind each other, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.
Fresco showing a standing figure in a small cloak approached by two other persons, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.
Badly damaged fresco fragment showing a person in red attire in a kneeling position, from the initiation sequence of the Mithraeum of Capua.
Fresco depicting Cautopates in Eastern attire between two laurels, cross-legged, pointing his torch downwards over a burning altar, from the Mithraeum of Capua.
Head in Phrygian cap with a sorrowful expression, used as a protome in the Amphitheatre of Capua and interpreted as a head of Mithras.
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.
Representation of a person lying prostrate on the ground between two other walking figures on the Mitreo of Santa Capua Vetere.
The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere includes a marble relief depicting a child Eros guiding Psyche through the dark.
The main fresco of the Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere portrays Mithras slaughtering a white bull.
This is the first of several fresco scenes depicting the initiation of a new member in a mithraic community, in Capua Vetere.
This scene from the frescoes of the Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere shows a kneeling, naked man surrounded by two other figures.
In the Mithraeum of S. Capua Veteres, Cautes stands between two laurel trees.
Luna riding a biga in the Mithraeum of Santa Capua Vetere.
Fresco depicting an initiation scene from the Mithraeum of 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.
