Una descrizione in italiano e istruzioni per la visita sono presenti su questo sito. Consiglio anche un sito completo su Roma antica sotterranea.
Description
In 1934 the Augustinian Fathers accidentally discovered a Mithreum, a place of cult consecrated to the God Mithra, under the Church of Santa Prisca. The Mithreum was built using the walls of a house dating back to the first century A.D. and of a building of the second century with two naves on which the church was built later.
There is a niche in the rear wall bearing an inscription in the vault that proves the Mithreum was already in use in the year 202 A.D.. The statue of the cult representing Mithra killing a bull and a Saturn lying down built with fragments of amphorae covered with stucco are placed in the niche. The Mithreum was destroyed violently around 400 A.D., probably by the Christians before the Church of Santa Prisca was built. (From Romacapitale)
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| The Mithraeum later became a Christian church |
My visit
Very appropriately I visited on 23rd December, which is when the Romans celebrated the cult of the sun god venerated in Mithraism. We were a small group of six and were led into the chamber by our tour guide and a custodian.
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| Statue of Coates symbolizing the dawn of the sun |
What was the name of the tour company that led you on this tour? If you have any contact information for them, could you please pass that along. Thanks. Craig Baugh
ReplyDeleteHi Dennis, you can contact my guide on this tour, Chiara Proietti, at +39 335 67 47 268
Deleteor by email at chiaraproietti@fastwebnet.it
she does tours in English