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Locus

Venetonimagus

Venetonimagus, now Vieu, part of the town of Valromey, would have been called Venetonimagus or Venetonimago in Gallo-Roman times.

Mithraic monuments of Venetonimagus

 

Mithréum de Valromey

This temple of Mithras has been discovered under the Church in Vieux-en-Val-Romey, in 1869.

CIMRM 909

 

Altar of Vieu

This altar was dedicated by a son to his father, one of the few Patres Patrum recorded in the western provinces.

CIMRM 911

 

Fragment of Cautopates statuette from Les Bolards

Fragmentary remains of a statuette of Cautopates in a short tunic, including a thigh, knee, and hand holding the end of a torch, found near the entrance of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

CIMRM 920

 

Small heads in Phrygian caps from Les Bolards

Two small heads in Phrygian caps, possibly belonging to a tauroctony of Mithras, together with a fragment of a bull's foot and the mouth and neck of the dog, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

CIMRM 922

 

Small flower-crowned woman's head from Les Bolards

A small woman's head crowned with flowers, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

CIMRM 923

 

White marble column and votive fragments from Les Bolards

A small white marble column decorated in high relief with spiral oak-leaves and acorns, together with fragments of two legs and two hands holding votive offerings, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

CIMRM 924

 

Inscribed slab fragments from Les Bolards

Fragments of a slab bearing an inscription mentioning Sol Aeternus and cohors II, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

CIMRM 926

 

Two base fragments from Les Bolards

Two small stone fragments, possibly from a base, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

CIMRM 928

 

Architectural fragments from possible second sanctuary at Les Bolards

Architectural elements including marble plaques, mouldings, entablature sections, and acanthus friezes, found in a building about 30–40 metres south-west of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis, suggesting the possible existence of a second sanctuary.

CIMRM 929

 

Granite marble solar disc from Les Bolards

A large red and white granite marble disc surrounded by rays, possibly representing the sun, found at the building south-west of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

CIMRM 930

 

Venus bust and votive bronze eye-plaques from Les Bolards

A fine white marble bust of Venus, a head of a helmeted deity possibly Minerva, small female heads, and bronze eye-plaques analogous to those from the temples of Sequana and Apollo Vindonnus, found at the building south-west of the Mithraeum at Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

CIMRM 931

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Inscriptions from Venetonimagus

Altar of Vieu

Dei i[nvicti] / M[ithrae] Patri Patru/m C[aio] Ru[t[io]] / Eutacto / C[aius] R[ufius] Viri/lis fil[ius].
Caius Rufius Virilis, his son, for Caius Rufius Euctatus, Pater Patrum of the invincible god Mithras.

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