The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
Altar in limestone (H. 1.24 Br. 0.38–0.64 D. 0.64).CRAI 1954, 274f and fig.L.H. 0.07. At the top and at the base the altar shows letters of the original inscription which was altered afterwards.D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Val(erius) Florus / v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) p(rovinciae) N(umidiae) m(ilitaris) / ex voto / posuit.M. Valerius Florus was praeses in A.D. 303 in Numidia Cirtensis and Tripolitana (according to CIL VIII 6700 = 19353 of Ronfach = Castellum Mastarense; L. Leschi in CRAI 1941, 153ff and in Rev. Afr 1943, 5ff). He persecuted the Christians. Leglay, 275 n. 8 refers to Optatus, De Schism…
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