A mithraeum found in the ruins of Ostia Antica, Italy.
Mithraeum is a place of worship for the followers of the mystery religion of Mithraism. They were often constructed underground or in a cave to resemble the cave where Mithras is said to have slain the sacred bull. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 703 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mithraeum Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 703 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mithraeum Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... A mystery religion is any religion with an arcanum, or secret wisdom. ... Mithra and the Bull: This fresco from the Mithraeum at Marino, Italy (3rd century) shows the tauroctony and the celestial lining of Mithras cape Mithraism (Persian:آيين مهر Āyīn-e Mehr) was an ancient mystery religion prominent from the 1st century BCE to the 5th century CE. It was based on... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) This article is about natural caves; for artificial caves used as dwellings, such as those in north China, see yaodong. ... Mithras and the Bull: fresco from the mithraeum at Marino, Italy, (3rd century) Mithras was the central savior god of Mithraism, a syncretic Hellenistic mystery religion of male initiates that developed in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC and was practiced in the Roman Empire from...
The Virtual Mithraeum A temple to the Roman god Mithras
If you are visiting Hadrian's wall don't forget to call in at Carrawburgh to see the ruined Mithraeum.
The site, which is run by English Heritage, can be reached by the B6318 - Look for the large car park on the left as you travel from Chesters to Housteads.
The site of a mithraeum may also be identified by its separate entrance or vestibule, its "cave", called the spelaeum or spelunca, with raised benches along the side walls for the ritual meal, and its sanctuary at the far end, often in a recess, before which the pedestal-like altar stood.
Italy: The Castra Peregrinorum mithraeum in Rome, under the basilica of Santo Stefano Rotondo was excavated in the 20th century.
A well-preserved late second-century mithraeum, with its altar and built-in stone benches, originally built beneath a Roman house (as was a common practice), survives in the crypt over which has been built the Basilica of San Clemente, Rome.
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