The New Mithraeum
5 Sep 2023
Updated on May 2026
Altar from Geneva.
CIL XII 2587; MMM II 506.
Deo invicto / genio loci / Firmidius Se/verinus mi(les) /leg(ionis) VIII aug(ustae) p(iae) f(idelis) / c(onstantis) C(ommodae) stip(endiorum) XXVI aram / ex voto pro salute / sua v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito). Posita / Muciano et Fabiano co(n)s(ulibus).
201 A.D.
The altar was found in 1752, at Saint-Pierre, in the foundations of the cathedral.
Of limestone, height 1.05 m, width 51.5 cm, thickness 42 cm, its upper surface is hollowed out in the shape of a patera, and one of the faces carries [an] inscription.
The inscription…
CIL XII 2587; MMM II 506.
Deo invicto / genio loci / Firmidius Se/verinus mi(les) /leg(ionis) VIII aug(ustae) p(iae) f(idelis) / c(onstantis) C(ommodae) stip(endiorum) XXVI aram / ex voto pro salute / sua v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito). Posita / Muciano et Fabiano co(n)s(ulibus).
201 A.D.
The altar was found in 1752, at Saint-Pierre, in the foundations of the cathedral.
Of limestone, height 1.05 m, width 51.5 cm, thickness 42 cm, its upper surface is hollowed out in the shape of a patera, and one of the faces carries [an] inscription.
The inscription…
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