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Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Aquincum

These two altars, erected by a certain Victorinus in the mithraeum he built in his house, bear inscriptions to Cautes and Cautopates.
  • Altar by Marcus Antonius Victorinus to Cautes

    Altar by Marcus Antonius Victorinus to Cautes
    Ubi Erat Lupa / Ortolf Harl 

  • Altar by Marcus Antonius Victorinus to Cautopates

    Altar by Marcus Antonius Victorinus to Cautopates
    Ubi Erat Lupa / Ortolf Harl 

 
The New Mithraeum
1 Feb 2022
Updated on Nov 2023

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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.

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