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Monumentum

Altar to Cautes by Septimius Valentinus

Limestone altar dedicated to Cautes by the Roman optio Septimius Valentinus, discovered in the Mithraeum of Sárkeszi in Pannonia Inferior.
Altar to Cautes.Ortolf Harl 2007
 
The New Mithraeum
21 May 2026
Altar in limestone (H. 0.45 Br. 0.17 D. 0.12).Nagy, 107 No. 3 and fig. 6.L.H. 0.023.Cauto / Sep(timius) / Vale/ntinus / opt(io).There are no indications to read Cauto[pati]. According to CIL III p. 2576 nouns of the third declension sometimes are declined as those of the second.

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