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Monumentum

Marble base CIL VI 2151 dedicated to Sol Invictus Mithras in honour of Iunius Postumianus, Rome

Marble base from the gardens of Julius III dedicated to Iunius Postumianus, vir clarissimus and pater patrum of Sol Invictus Mithras, pontifex of the sacerdotal order of the Sun, placed under the care of Flavius Herculus.

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CIL VI 2151; MMM II No. 18. In base hortorum Iulii III.Iunio Postumiano v(iro) c(larissimo) p(atri) p(atrum) / dei solis invicti Mithre(sic) / XV viro s(acris) f(aciundis) pontifici dei solis ordo sacer/dotum magistro suo / curante et dedicante / Flavio Herculeo viro / religiosissimo.

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