Halberg Mithraeum
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Johan Åhlfeldt Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Johan Åhlfeldt Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 08, 2025 05:59 AM
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History
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Mithras
A natural cave in the side of the Halberg hill at Saarbrücken was enlarged for the use of the Mithras cult.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/925825061
49.2224901, 7.0278695
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Mithrashöhle (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Imagery Location of the Mithras shrine at Halberg (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
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- Mithrasgrotte (Saarbrücken) (German, modern)
- Halberg Mithraeum located at Saarbrücken (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center)
Pleiades
Johan Åhlfeldt, John Muccigrosso, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Halberg Mithraeum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/925825061> [accessed: 05 December 2025]
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