Locus

Caere

Caere is the Latin name given by the Romans to one of the larger cities of southern Etruria, modern Cerveteri, some 50-60 kilometres north-west of Rome.

Brothers active in Caere

Curius Iuvenalis
(late 2nd – early 3rd century)

Memmius Placidus
(late 2nd – early 3rd century)

Mithraic monuments of Caere

Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri

This inscription by a certain Memmius Placidus is the first ever found signed by a Heliodromus.

Inscriptions of Caere

[Deo Soli Invic]/[to Mi]thrae / [Mem]mius Pla/cidus helio/dromus sacr/atus a Curtio / Iuvenale patre / votum [solvit] / [libens merito].

To the Invincible Sun God Mithras, Memmius Placidus, Heliodromus, initiated by Curtius Juvenalis, Pater, fulfilled his vow willingly and deservedly.

Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri

References

Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri in EDCS