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The New
Mithraeum

Ad Augusta per Angusta

Locus

Baetulo

The area was populated by Iberians, but the origins of Baetulo date back to the 1st century BC, when the Romans founded the city on the Rosés hill. Baetulo was famous for its vineyards, which produced wine for export throughout the Empire.

Brothers active in Baetulo

Lucius Valerius Monteius

Lucius Valerius Monteius
(c. mid-2nd century)

Mithraic monuments of Baetulo

Altar with inscription from Baetulo

This altar was dedicated to Cautes by a certain Lucius in Baetulo (Badalona), near Barcino (Barcelona).

CIMRM 805

Altar "in colle oppido imminenti exarata in rupe orienti opposita" at Badalona.

CIMRM 805

CIMRM 807

Slab in sandstone (H. 0.67), found along the border of the Tagus.

CIMRM 807

Inscriptions from Baetulo

Altar with inscription from Baetulo

K[auti] deo / L[ucius] Valer[ius] Monteius / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito].

To the god Cautes. Lucius Valerius Monteius fulfilled his promise willingly and properly.

References

Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar with inscription from Baetulo in EDH
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar with inscription from Baetulo in EDCS
Hispania Epigraphica. Altar with inscription from Baetulo in HE
Mitra en Hispania. Altar with inscription from Baetulo in MEH

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