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Monumentum

Altar to Arimanius of the Esquilino

This altar mentioning the god Arimanius was found in 1655 at Porta San Giovanni, on the Esquilino.
Altar to Arimanius of the Esquilino.
Altar to Arimanius of the Esquilino.Lupa.at
 
The New Mithraeum
2 Feb 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 481 ↔ CIMRM 369

’Ara triangularis marmorea qua basis rotunda sustinetur.’ Mus. Vaticano, Gall. Lap.

Inventa anno 1655 ad radices Esquiliarum.

On the base we see traces, where a statue had been attached. Furthermore the inscription:

D(eo) Arimanio / Agrestius v(ir) c(larissimus) / defensor / magister et / pater patrum / voti c(ompos) d(at).

CIMRM II 369

Lugli, Fontes IV, 41 No. 2.

CIL VI 47

D[eo] Arimanio / Agrestius v[ir] c[larissimus] / defensor / magister et / pater patrum / voti c[ompos] d[at].
To the god Arimanius, Agrestius, clarissimus, defensor [civitatis?], magister et Pater patrum, gives [this altar] according to his wish.

References

CIL VI 47; MMM II No. 27.

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