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Altar of Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius

Marble altar dedicated at the Vatican Phrygianum in Rome by the Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius in 374 CE.

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15 May 2026

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Marble altar found in Rome, in Saint Peter’s Square, a few metres north of the statue of the Apostle, in 1949.Ghetti-Ferrua e.o., Espl. S. Pietro, 14f; Ann. Ep., 1953 No. 238.Diis magnis / M(atri) d(eum) m(agnae) I(daeae) / Attidi sancto menotyranno / Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus / Kamenius v(ir) c(larissimus) VII vir epul(onum) / pater et hieroceryx sacr(orum) s(ummi) i(nvicti) / Mitrae hierofanta Haecatae / arch(i)bucolus dei Liberi / aram taurobolio criobolio/que percepto dicabit / die XIIII kal(endis) aug(ustis) d(omino) n(ostro) Gratiano / Aug(usto) III et Equitio cons(ulibus).19th of July 374 A.D.; cf…

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