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Monumentum

Altar of Publius Clodius Primus from Lausanne

Altar from Vidy near Lausanne, ancient Leusonna, dedicated to Soli Genio Lunae sacrum by Publius Clodius Primus, curator of the vici Lousonnenses, sevir Augustalis, and curator of the Roman citizens of the Helvetian conventus; not earlier than AD 161–169.
 
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28 May 2026

TNMM 2269 ↔ CIMRM 1390

Found at Vidy near Lausanne.

CIL XIII 5026; MMM II No. 448; Riese, No. 2022; Howald-Meyer, 244 No. 156.

Soli Genio Lunae / sacrum ex voto / pro salute Augus/torum P. Clod(ius) Corn(elia) / Primus curator vika/nor(um) Lousonn(ensium) II / (se)vir augustal(is) c(urator) c(ivium) R(omanorum) / conventus Helv(etici) d(e) s(uo) d(edicavit).

The altar is not older than 161–169 A.D., but it is not at all certain that the monument is Mithraic.

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