Shrines of Mithras

Lors de la construction de l’église Saint-Paul en 1911, un mithraeum a été mis au jour à Königshoffen, vicus gallo-romain situé aux abords du camp légionnaire de Strasbourg-Argentorate.

TNMM217 – CIMRM 1335

In the 1900s a model Mithraeum was built in Saalburg in the mistaken belief that there was an original temple of Mithras in an ancient Roman building.

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One of the rooms in a sustantive masonry building in Hollytrees Meadow was considered to be a Mithreum, a theory that has now been discarded.

TNMM73 – CIMRM 829

In 1938 this Mithraeum was found 3.45 mtrs under the Basilica of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, in a cellar near the Sacrament's Chapel.

TNMM438 – CIMRM 421

According to Hitzinger remnants of animal bones were found in front of the relief of the Mithraeum at Rozanec.

TNMM37 – CIMRM 1481

Since 1826, four mithraea have been found at Nida-Heddernheim.

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The Mithraeum of Hauarte or Hawarte, which preserves colourful frescoes, it's the latest know and used.

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Only a small part of the Neuenheim Mithraeum has been excavated.

TNMM48 – CIMRM 1282

The Mithraeum of Septeuil, Yvelines, was accommodated at the 4th century in an oldest sanctuary of the source.

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C’est en 1986, à l’occasion de la restructuration de l’ancien magasin Parunis, qu’une fouille de sauvetage archéologique fut réalisée cours Victor Hugo.

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The Mithraeum of Osterburken could not be excavated bodily owing to the water of a well in the immediate neighbourhood. The monument had been covered carefully with sand.

TNMM70 – CIMRM 1291

The temple contained hundreds of ceramic vessels and animal bones, which may indicated that a grand Mithraic feast was celebrated before its closing.

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One of the rooms of the villa has been interpreted as a mithraeum, but we do not have enough evidence to confirm this.

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The Mitreo delle terme di Caracalla is one of the largest temples dedicated to Mithras ever found in Rome.

TNMM16 – CIMRM 457

The Mithraeum of the Snakes preserves paintings of serpents, representing Genius Loci, part of an older private sanctuary, which were respected in the temple of Mithras.

TNMM8 – CIMRM 294

The Mithraeum of Rudchester was discovered in 1844 on the brow of the hill outside the roman station.

TNMM78 – CIMRM 838

The Mithraeum I in Stockstadt contained images of Mithras but also of Mercury, Hercules, Diana and Epona, among others.

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The Mithraeum II in Stockstadt was in fact the first one known built in the vicus. It was destroyed by fire around 210.

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The Mithraeum of Spoleto was found in 1878 by the professor Fabio Gori on behalf of Marquis Filippo Marignoli, owner of the land.

TNMM19 – CIMRM 673

The Mithraeum of Frutosus was in a temple assigned to the guild of the stuppatores.

TNMM40 – CIMRM 226