Monumentum
Marble base CIL VI 846 dedicated to Sol by C. Ruf. Volusianus, Aventine, Rome
Marble base found in 1764 on the Aventine with a dedication to Sol by C. Rufus Volusianus, vir clarissimus, who held the offices of pater, hierophant, prophet of Isis and pontifex of the Sun, dated to the 4th century A.D.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1029 ↔ CIMRM 466
Basis marmorea anno 1764 in monte Aventino effossa.
CIL VI 846; MMM II No. 25.
C(aius) Ruf(us) / Volusianus v(ir) c(larissimus) / pater ierofanta / profeta Isidis / pontifex dei sol(is) / votum solvi.
To be placed in the 4th century, for Volusianus is either the consul of 314 A.D. or the praefectus urbi of 365 A.D.
CIMRM II 466
About C. Caionius Rufus Volnsianus Lampadius in Ostia cf. H. Bloch in NSc (S. 8) VII, 1953, 272 No. 34 with bibliography. He was a follower of the Attis-cult and a fervent defender of paganism. Cf. Nos. 515–516.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
