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Monumentum

Altar from Aquincum by Castinus

This altar to Mithras is dedicated by a certain Gaius Iulius Castinus, legate prefect of the emperors.

The New Mithraeum

9 Feb 2022

Altar with inscription:

Deo invicto / Mithrae C(aius) / Iul(ius) Casti/nus leg(atus) Aug(ustorum) pr(o) pr(aetore).

Deo Invicto / Mitrae C[aius] / Iul[ius] Casti/nus leg[atus] Augg[ustorum] / pr[o] pr[aetore].

To the invincible god Mitra, Caius Iulius Castinus, legate prefect of the emperors.

CIL III 3480; MMM II No. 325.

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