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Monumentum

Altar of Aelius Gordianus from Apulum

Limestone capital reused as an altar at Apulum, Dacia, its top scraped off, bearing a dedication to Soli Mithrae by Aelius Gordianus.

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2026

Fragment of a capital (H. 0.43 Br. 0.34). After the top had been scraped off, it was used again.Daicoviciu, 309e; Russu in Materiali si Cercetări VI, 1959, 890 No. 30.L.H. 0.025–0.028.First line got lost.[So]l(i) Mithrae / Ael(ius) Gordianus / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).

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