Mithraic monuments of Parentium
Altar of Poreč
This stone altar found in Poreč was dedicated by two freedmen to the numen and majesty of the emperors Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa.
CIMRM 754
Inscriptions of Parentium
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro salute et / victoria s(acratissimorum) d(ominorum) n(ostrorum) / Philipporum Aug(ustorum) / et Otaciliae Severe Aug(ustae) / Charitinus I(ibertus) s(ub)proc(urator) / et Sabinianus I(ibertus) ad/iut(or) tab(ulariorum) / d(evoti) n(umini) m(aiestati)q(ue) e(orum).
To the god Sol, invincible Mithras, for the safety and the victory of our most sacred lords, the two emperors Philip and of Otacilia Severa. Charitinus, freedman and steward of the imperial patrimony, and Sabinianus, freedman and assistant, dedicated to the numen and the majesty of the emperors.
References
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar of Poreč in EDCS
- Vittoria Canciani (2022) Archaeological Evidence of the Cult of Mithras in Ancient Italy