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.
The New Mithraeum
20 Aug 2021
Updated on 29 Oct 2022
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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.
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.