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Altars to Cautes and Cautopates from Aquincum

These two altars, erected by a certain Victorinus in the mithraeum he built in his house, bear inscriptions to Cautes and Cautopates.
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The New Mithraeum
1 Feb 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 477 ↔ CIMRM 1751 & 1752

These inscriptions on the base of two statues were found in 1888 without the sculptures in the second of five mithraea found to date at Aquincum:

Deo Cauti / M. Ant(onius) Victorinus / dec(urio) col(oniae) / Aq(uinci) aedilis.

CIMRM 1752

Deo Cau/topati / M. Ant(onius) / Victori/nus / dec(urio) col(oniae) / Aq(uinci) / aedilis.

CIL III 10463

Deo Cauti / M. Ant[onius] Victorinus / dec[urio] col[oniae] / Aq[uinci] aedilis.

Deo Cau/topati / M. Ant[onius] / Victori/nus / dec[urio] col[oniae] / Aq[uinci] / aedilis.
To Cautes, Marcus Antonius Victorinus, decurion of the colony of Aquincum, aedile.

To Cautopates, Marcus Antonius Victorinus, decurion of the colony of Aquincum, aedile.

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