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Vicus Vetonianus

Settlement of prehistoric origin that developed into the Roman Vicus Vetonianus, modern Dieburg, incorporated into the civitas Auderiensium in Germania Superior and attested as an active centre during the Roman period.

Mithraic monuments of Vicus Vetonianus

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People attested in Vicus Vetonianus

Priscinius Sedulius Primulus

Priscinius Sedulius Primulus
Silvestrius Silvinus

Silvestrius Silvinus
(200)

Inscriptions from Vicus Vetonianus

Two-sided relief of Dieburg

[Side A:] D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / Silves/trius / Silvi/nius et Silvestrius Pe[rpetus et A]urelius nepos / v[otum] s[olverunt] l[ibentes] l[aeti] m[erito]. /
Perpetus fra/te[r] artis sutor[iae]. / Silvinus ar/tis quadratari/ae Aureli[us ---] d[ono] d[ederunt].

[Side B:] D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] Silvestrius Sil[v]inu[s] et Silvestrius Perpetus et Silvinius Aurelius.
[Side A:] To the invincible god Mithras, Silvestrius Silvinus, Silvestrius Perpetus and Silvinius Aurelius.
[Side B:] To the invincible god Mithras, Silvestrius Silvinus, Silvestrius Perpetus and [Silvinus?] Aurelius, their nephew, fulfilled their vow willingly, gladly and deservedly. Perpetus, brother, a cobbler by trade, and Silvinus, a sculptor by trade, Aurelius [---] gave this as a gift.

Male figure with offerings from Dieburg

D[eo] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] // Priscinius Sedulius / Primulus fratres / v[otum] s[olverunt] l[ibentes] l[aeti] m[erito].
To the Invincible God Mithras, Priscinius Sedulius Primulus, gladly paid their vows and deservedly rejoiced to the brothers.
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