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The
Circus Maximus Mithraeum is one of the largest places
of worship of the god Mithras known in Rome.
It arose
in the 3rd century AD on the premises of a previously
existing 2ed century public building which probably
had something to do with the Circus. The complex
was discovered at about 14 meters below ground level
during 1931 building work on what was then the Pantanella
pasta factory.
The previously
existing building was then adapted to house the functions
associated with the cult.
It had
consisted of a row of five parallel but separate chambers,
into which doorways were opened up; and the central
part of the sanctuary was at this point paved
with recycled slabs of white marble.
The current
entrance was actually a secondary one, the main on being
on the east side, via a room terminating in a right-angled
corridor, so that passers by would be unable to view
the proceedings inside the sanctuary.
On the
piers framing the doorway from the first room to the
next are two niches which must have housed the statues
of the god's torch bearing companions,
Cautes and Cautopates.
From
here we enter the most important part of the Mithraeum:
this has stone benches along the walls
to seat the faithful during sacred meals. The doorway
to the heart of the sanctuary is described by
a large arch: on the pavement, a circle of
alabaster represents the sun, and at the
back is a semicircular niche which must have contained
the statue of the god Mithras.
A magnificent
marble relief depicts the ceremony of taurobolium,
during which a bull was sacrificed, using the example
of Mithras who, flanked by Cautes and
Cautopates and by the Sun and the Moon,
is raising his dagger to slay the sacrificial animal.
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Piazza Bocca della Verita, 16/a May 3,00; concessions
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