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Emona

Colonia Iulia Aemona

Emona or Aemona was a Roman castrum, located in the area where the navigable Nauportus River came closest to Castle Hill, serving the trade between the city’s settlers – colonists from the northern part of Roman Italy – and the rest of the empire.

Mithraic monuments of Emona

 

Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana

A certain Blastia or Blastianus made a dedication to Mithras and Silvanus on an altar in Emona, Italy.

CIMRM 1463

 

Altar fragment from Ljubljana

Fragment of a small altar from Ljubljana, ancient Emona in Pannonia Superior, preserving a dedication to Invicto Mithrae by a dedicant whose name ends in -quartus; the Mithraic attribution is not entirely certain.

CIMRM 1462

Brothers attested in Emona

Inscriptions from Emona

Inscription to Mithras and Silvanus from Ljubljana

D[eo] i[invicto] M[ithrae] / Silvano Augusto / sac[rum]. Blastia / C[-?-] E[-?-] B[-?-] [---].
Dedicated to the invincible god Mithra, to Silvanus Augustus. Blastia[---].
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