Monumentum
Forged altar from Soulan
This supposed Mithraic altar from Soulan in the Pyrenees was later identified as a modern forgery, including both the inscription and the alleged cave context in which it was said to have been discovered.
The New Mithraeum
19 May 2026
Marble altar at Soulan in the Pyrenees.CIL XIII 379; MMM II No. 511.Deo Mitr(ae) Faustus, Modesta v(otum) s(olverunt) l(ibentes) m(erito).G. Jullian in REA XIII, 1911, 79f however, proved that the cave in which this inscription should have been found, is modern, and that even the inscription is forged and should read: Deo Act. T. C. / Faustus / Modesta / v.s.l.m.
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