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This building was found fortuitously in the early 1960s and takes its name from the discovery in its vicinity of some statues that must have come from a Mithraeum (a temple built to honour the god Mithras). The whole house was built around three collonaded courts with an interior garden and a central pool. The frescoes indicate a 1st century CE origin for the house.
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Raddato, C. (2021, April 24). Mithraeum House, Augusta Emerita. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13891/mithraeum-house-augusta-emerita/
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Raddato, Carole. "Mithraeum House, Augusta Emerita." World History Encyclopedia, April 24, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13891/mithraeum-house-augusta-emerita/.
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Raddato, Carole. "Mithraeum House, Augusta Emerita." World History Encyclopedia, 24 Apr 2021, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13891/mithraeum-house-augusta-emerita/.
