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Ostia. Baths of Mithras |
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Mosaic of the Orientation grades from Mithraeum of Felicissimus in Ostia |
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Ostia. Mosaic of the Orientation Grades from Mithraeum of Felicissimus. Seven rectangles refer to planets and to the relative initiatic degrees, with corresponding ritual objects. |
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Ostia. Mosaic of the Orientation Grades from Mithraeum of Felicissimus. First rectangle: Under Mercury-Caduceus' protection, the Corax degree (raven), with a vase for ablutions. |
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Ostia. Mosaic of the Orientation Grades from Mithraeum of Felicissimus.Third rectangle: the planet Mars (helmet); Miles' degree (lance) with a soldier's packsaddle. |
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Ostia. Mosaic of the Orientation Grades from Mithraeum of Felicissimus. Seventh rectangle: the planet Saturn (sickle); Pater's degree, the hierarchy's supreme one (Phrygian cap, Mithras' hat) with the command stick and patera for libations. |
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Two large Roman sailing vessels passing each other at the lighthouse marking the entrance to Portus, Rome's harbor. The ship to the right has the traditional rounded prow, while the ship to the left has a prow that ends at the waterline in a jutting cutwater much like the ram of a warship; its stempost is finished off with an adornment in the form of a scroll. Note its three masts; it carries a mizzen as well as main and foresail. The mosaic decorated the floor outside an office which, as the inscription reveals, belonged to 'the shippers of Sullecthum', a town on the eastern coast of Tunisia. Foro delle Corporazioni, Ostia; ca. 200 CE. |
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