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Monumentum

Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus

This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.

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20 Aug 2021

Updated on Jul 2024

Inscr. on a greyish marble altar (H. 0.57); on the sides a patera.

L.H. 0.04-0.03.

Ann(o) col(oniae) CLXXX / aram genesis / invicti Mithrae / M(arcus) Val(erius) Secundus / fr(umentarius) leg(ionis) VII gem(inae) dono / ponendam merito curavit / G(aio) Accio Hedychro patre.

155 A.D.

Cat. Badajoz 204 No. 764. Paris in CRAI 1904 575 No. 4; Liañez Mer. 175f No. 188.

Como ya señaló Cagnat, Emerita es una deductio de los veteranos de las legiones V y X tras las guerras Cántabras en el año 25 d.C. La fecha establecida en el año 155 concuerda bien, según el sabio francés…

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