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Monumentum

Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius

One of the three altars to Mithras found at the Mithraeum of Carrawburgh fort.
Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus Cluentius
Altar of Carrawburgh by Aulus CluentiusThe New Mithraeum / Jona Lendering (CC BY-SA)
 
The New Mithraeum
17 Mar 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 529 ↔ CIMRM 846

Altar in sandstone (H. 1.07 Br. O. 47).

D(eo) in(victo) M(ithrae) s(acrum) / Aul(us) Cluentius / Habitus pra(e)f(ectus) / coh(ortis) I / Batavorum / domu Ulti/n(i)a Colon(ia) / Sept(imia) Aur(elia) L(arino) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).

On either side of Coh. I an ivy-leaf.

The dedicator belongs to the family of Aulus Cluentius Habitus, defended by Cicero in 66 B.C.

As appears from this inscription, Larinum became a colonia between 198-208 A.D. (E. Birley).

Professor Birley, in discussing the dedicator, notes that this text gives the first evidence for the promotion of Larinum from a municipium to a colonia, which from these titles dates to a.d. 198-211. The town is assigned to the Voltinian (here Ultin(i)an) tribe, and not to the Clustuminian, as previously conjectured.

—RIB

CIMRM II 846

Richmond in Bruce-Mitford, 75f and fig. 25.

Main inscription

D[eo] in[victo] M[ithrae] s[acrum] / Aul[us] Cluentius / Habitus pra[e]f[ectus] / coh[ortis] I / Batavorum / domu Ulti/n[i]a Colon[ia] / Sept[imia] Aur[elia] L[arino] / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] m[erito].
Sacred to the Invincible god Mithras: Aulus Cluentius Habitus, prefect of the First Cohort of Batavians, of the Ultinian voting-tribe, from Colonia Septimia Aurelia Larinum, willingly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.

References

ILN 1951,455; Richmond-Gillam, 45ff and PI. XI, A.

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