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Shrines of Mithras

Mithraea, also known as temples, shrines, caves or spelaea, dedicated to Mithras and his cult.
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    Mithraeum of Tiddis

    The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

    TNMM269 – CIMRM 162

    I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).
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    Mitreo di Marino

    The Mithraeum of Marino presents an unusually elongated structure with depictions from the Severian period.

    TNMM22

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    Mithraeum of Sofia

    The Mithraeum of Serdica was found in the fortified area of the ancient city of Serdica, now Sofia, Bulgaria.

    TNMM56

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    Mithréum d’Angers

    The Mithraeum or Angers contained numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps and a ceramic vessel engraved with a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

    TNMM199

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    Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa

    The large number of monuments found at the Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa and the sheer size of the temple are unusual.

    TNMM57 – CIMRM 2027, 2033

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    Mitreo di Santa Maria Capua Vetere

    The Mithraeum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere preserves frescoes depicting several scenes of the initiation rites.

    TNMM23 – CIMRM 180

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    Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

    The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres (Sette Sfere) is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.

    TNMM9 – CIMRM 239

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    Mithraeum of Thermes

    The Mithraeum of Thermes in Greece was discovered in 1915 by Bogdan Filov.

    TNMM202

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    Mitreo d’Aosta

    The remains of the Mithraeum of Aosta, also known as the Mitreo di Augusta Praetoria, were discovered in 1953 in insula 59, in a commercial district of the ancient city.

    TNMM791

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    Mithraeum of Naples

    The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.

    TNMM219

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    Mithräum von Schwarzerden

    The Mithraeum of Schwarzerden, also know as Mithräum von Reichweiler, was carved on the rock.

    TNMM90 – CIMRM 1280

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    Mitreo dels Munts

    The Mithraeum of Els Munts, near Tarragona, is one of the largest known to date.

    TNMM31

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    Mitreo dell’Esquilino

    In a house from the time of Constantine, a Lararium was found with a statue of Isis-Fortuna. The Mithraeum was a door next to it, on a lower room.

    TNMM83 – CIMRM 356

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    Mithraeum of Eleusis

    A Mithraeum has been identified in Eleusis where the last Hierophant form thespia had the rank of Father in the Mithraic Mysteries.

    TNMM373

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    Mithraeum of Dura Europos

    The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.

    TNMM34 – CIMRM 34

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    Mithraeum of Cirta

    An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.

    TNMM615 – CIMRM 129

    Speleum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)].
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    Mithräum II von Köln

    A second Mithraeum was found in Cologne described by R. L. Grodon as of ’small importance’.

    TNMM353

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    Mithraeum IV of Aquincum

    The Mithraeum of Symphorus and Marcus, in Óbuda, Budapest, has been restored to public view in 2004 and, while well presented, it has been heavily restored.

    TNMM85 – CIMRM 1767

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    Mithräum II von Güglingen

    Two Mithras sanctuaries, which were located on the edge of the settlement, were excavated in Güglingen.

    TNMM262

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    Mitreo de Cabra

    The Mithraeum of Cabra is located in the Villa del Mitra, which owes its name to the discovery in 1951 of a Mithras tauroctonus in the remains of the Roman villa.

    TNMM76

 
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