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Monumentum

Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia

This monument to the invincible god Mithras was inscribed on the façade of the church of Aiello deil Friuli, Aquileia.
 
The New Mithraeum
9 Feb 2022

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D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / L. Sept(imius) Cas/sianus sig(nifer) / legionis IIIIII His(panae) / agens in lustro P. / Porci Fausti / p(rimi)p(ili) v(otum) p(osuit) l(ibens) m(erito).

Legio VI vietrix quamquam primo saeculo in Hispania castra habuit, hie intelligi nequit, cum titulus sit tertii potius quam secundi saeculi, accedit quod numerus is ita scribi non debet. Quam ob rem pro VIII quadratarium puto dedisse errore IIIIII (Mommsen).