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Regio II - Insula II - Mitreo presso Porta Romana (II,II,5)
(Mithraeum near the Roman Gate)

The mithraeum near Roman Gate was excavated in 1919. It was probably built in the third century. The room was connected with Shrine II,II,4 through two doors, but at least one of these (in the back wall) was blocked, perhaps when the mithraeum was installed.

The shrine measures 14.96 x 5.82. The usual podia line the walls. In the south part are the foundations of an altar. In the north part of the corridor is a small, marble basin (0.50 x 0.50). Around the basin part of the marble decoration of the floor, walls and podia has been preserved.



Plan of the mithraeum. Becatti 1954, fig. 9.

Photos



The mithraeum seen from the north. Photo: Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica.


The mithraeum seen from the north. Photo: Jan Theo Bakker.


The eastern podium seen from the north-west. Photo: Jan Theo Bakker.


[jthb - 29-Apr-2022]