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Mithraeum
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Mith·rae·um or mith·rae·um  (mthr-m)
n. pl. Mith·rae·a or mith·rae·a (-r-)
An often subterranean or semisubterranean temple dedicated to the worship of Mithras.
[New Latin, from Greek Mithraion, from Mithrs, Mithras; see Mithras.]
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He concentrates on the destruction of mithraea and, in particular, of images of the god sacrificing the sacred bull and of the massive images in some of the great temples of Egypt, and even beyond the Roman frontier.
Eberhard Sauer. The archaeology of religious hatred in the Roman and ... by Frend, W.H.C. / Antiquity
In the meantime a brisk consideration of the evidence from Mithraea raises some questions.
The end of Mithraism by Nicholson, Oliver / Antiquity
 
 
 
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