Monumentum
Altar of Aurelius Rufus from Romula
Sandstone altar from Romula, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Aurelius Rufus ex voto, with the busts of Sol and Luna flanking the text.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 2006 ↔ CIMRM 2177
Altar in sandstone (H. 0.68 Br. 0.265–0.27 D. 0.28–0.38), found in the ruins of Romula. Bucarest, National Museum.
Parvan in AAcRom. (S. II) XXXVI, 1913, 58 No. 24; AA 1913, 381 No. 24; Ann. ép. 1914, 478 No. 120; Tudor, Oltenia, 393 No. 78 and fig. 78.
L.H. 0.045–0.05.
Soli invic(to) Mithra[e] / libr(arii) cum / Anton(io) Z[oi]/lo act(ario) [p(rae)p(ositi)] / n(umeri) S(urorum) [s(agittariorum)].
Other indications prove as well that Zoilus was an actarius praepositi numeri of the numerus Surorum sagittariorum (CIL III 8032 a.o.; cf. Domaszewski, Rangordnung, s.v.). Together with other army-corpses this numerus built the Roman Camp near Sloveni-Romanați.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
