Monumentum
Altar of Aemilius Chrysanthus to the Invincible Sol
Aemilius Chrysanthus shares the expenses of this monument with a decurio named Limbricius Polides.
Altar of Aemilius Chrysanthus to the Invincible SolEDCS
The New Mithraeum
2 Feb 2022
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 479 ↔ CIMRM 519
Ara marmorea reperta ad Tiberim ad S. Mariam Monticelli.
Soli / invicto / M. Aemilius / M(arcorum duorum) l(ibertus) Chrysanthus / mag(ister) anni primi et / M. Limbricius Polides / dec(urio) et sodalicio eius / d(e) (suo) d(onum) d(ederunt).
Right a patera; left an urceus. dec.: Cumont replaces it by deo.
CIMRM II 519
Ad S. Mariam in Monticelli. The Church is situated near Piazza Cairoli in the Campus Martius (Regio IX) and not in Regio XIV (Trastevere).
CIL VI 717
Soli / invicto / M. Aemilius / M[arcorum duorum] l[ibertus] Chrysanthus / mag[ister] anni primi et / M. Limbricius Polides / dec[urio] et sodalicio eius / d[e] [suo] d[onum] d[ederunt].
To Sol invincible, Marcus Aemilius Chrysanthus, freedman of the two Marcus, master of the first year and Marcus Limbricius Polides, decurion and member of his college, at their own expense, offered a gift.
References
CIL VI 717; MMM II No. 47.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
