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Juliomagus

Juliomagus Andecavorum

Juliomagus, modern Angers, preserves evidence of Mithraic activity within the urban and administrative landscape of Roman northwestern Gaul.

Mithraic monuments of Juliomagus

 

Mithréum d’Angers

The Mithraeum of Angers, excavated during a preventive operation and subsequently dismantled in 2010, yielded numerous objects, including coins, oil lamps, and a ceramic vessel bearing a votive inscription to the invincible god Mithras.

 

Head of Mithras from Angers Mithraeum

The head of Mithras of Angers has been found a four months after the main relief.

 

Goblet from Angers

The spherical ceramic cup found at the Mithraeum in Angers bears an inscription to the unconquered god Mithras.

 

Inscription of Pylades from Angers

This marble plaque from Iuliomagus, Roman Angers, bears a rare dedication to Mithras by Pylades, a slave of an imperial slave connected to the Roman administration in Gaul.

Inscriptions from Juliomagus

Goblet from Angers

---]M [---]Deo[ inuic]to Mytrh[ae
]s Genialis ciues Ambian[in]us [or Ambian[ic]us] exuoto d[edit
frat]ribus, omni loco, [ N]ama!.
--- To the unconquered god Mytrha, [...]s [? son of] Genialis, Ambian citizen, gave in accordance with his vow, for his brethren[, ] in all places [...]. Glory!.

Inscription of Pylades from Angers

Aug(usto). Deo Inuicto
Mithrae Pylades
Felicis Aug(usti) ser(ui)
Agathangeliani (seruus)
u(otum) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito).
To Augustus. In honour of the invincible god Mithras, Pylades, slave of Felix Agathangelianus, himself a slave of Augustus, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.
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