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Aquileia

Aquileia, now a small municipality in north-eastern Italy, was one of the largest cities in the world in the 2nd century AD, with a population of 100,000.

Mithraic monuments of Aquileia

 

Tauroctony from Aquileia

The relief of the Mithraic tauroctony of Aquiliea is currently on display in Vienna.

CIMRM 736

 

Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras

This altar to Mithras found in Aquilieia mentions several persons of a same community.

CIMRM 741

 

Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia

This monument to the invincible god Mithras was inscribed on the façade of the church of Aiello deil Friuli, Aquileia.

CIMRM 745

 

Inscription by Velox of Aquileia

Marble slab with inscription by Velox for the salvation of the chief of the iron mines of Noricum.

CIMRM 747

 

Petrogeny from Aquileia

This fragment of a sculpture depicting the birth of Mithras from a rock, intertwined with a chaotic mass of serpent coils, was discovered in Aquileia, Italy.

 

Relief fragment with Mithras' flying cloak from Aquileia

A small relief fragment from Aquileia, now in the Lapidary Museum at Trieste, preserving part of Mithras' flying cloak and the head of one of the torchbearers.

CIMRM 737

 

Two inscriptions of Q. Baienus Proculus from Aquileia

Two inscriptions found at Aquileia in 1805, both dedicated by Q. Baienus Proculus as pater, the first to Cautopates and the second to Cautes.

CIMRM 738

 

Inscription of Q. Baienus Proculus pater nomimus from Aquileia

An inscription copied at San Marco's in Venice in 1829, recording a dedication by Q. Baienus Proculus, pater nomimus, to Sol.

CIMRM 739

 

Military inscription of Flavius Exuperatus and others from Aquileia

A military inscription from Aquileia, dedicated to the Invincible Mithras by Flavius Exuperatus and several soldiers from the Third Italic and Thirteenth Gemina legions, acting as lustration agents for their commanders Flavius Sabinus and Aurelius Zeno, dated to around 244 A.D.

CIMRM 742

 

Inscription fragment of Marcianus, optio of the Second Legion, from Aquileia

A fragmentary inscription from Aquileia, probably dedicated to Cautopates, recording a soldier named Marcianus, optio of the Second Adiutrix Legion, who fulfilled his vow for the welfare of himself and his family.

CIMRM 743

 

Inscription of C. Calidius Agathopus, sevir augustalis of Aquileia

An inscription from Aquileia recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Invictus Mithras by C. Calidius Agathopus, a member of the college of the seviri Augustales of Aquileia.

CIMRM 744

 

Inscription "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from the Theodosian walls at Aquileia

A fragmentary inscription found in the foundations of the Theodosian walls at Aquileia, recording a dedication to the Invincible Mithras by ...ntius Manilianus.

CIMRM 746

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Inscriptions from Aquileia

Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras

Deo f[orti] i[nvicto] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / P. Aelius / Mercur[ialis] / Q. Tessig/nius Maxi/mia[nus] patr[es] / pros[esedente] T[ito] Aur[elio] / Victore v[otum] s[olverunt] l[ibentes] m[erito].
To the brave [fortis] invincible god Mithras, Publius Aelius Mercurialis [and] Quintus Tessignius Maximianus, Patres, under the presidency of Titus Aurelius Victor, have willingly and rightly fulfilled their vow.

Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia

D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / L. Sept[imius] Cas/sianus sig[nifer] / legionis IIIIII His[panae] / agens in lustro P. / Porci Fausti / p[rimi]p[ili] v[otum] p[osuit] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the invincible god Mithras, Lucius Septimius Cassianus, ensign-bearer of legion VI Hispana, agent in the transport of provisions [agens in lustro] directed by Publius Porcius Faustus, primipile, fulfilled his vow willingly and rightly.

Inscription by Velox of Aquileia

Pro salute / Tiberi Claudi / Macronis con[ductoris] / fer[rariarum] Nor[icarum] Velox ser[vus] / vil[icus] spel[a]eum cum / omni apparatu fecit.
For the salvation of Tiberius Claudius Macro, head of the iron mines of Noricum, Velox, a slave steward, made the spelaeum with all his equipment.

Inscription to Sol from Aquileia

[D]omin[o] / S(oli) s(acrum).
Sacred to Lord Sol.

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