The New Mithraeum
29 Sept 2023
For two centuries, isolated finds, sometimes reused, often without a known place of origin, have provided further information about the Mithraic communities of Apulum. Two dedicatory inscriptions tell us about the founders of Mithraic sanctuaries.
On [this] altar discovered in 1878, or shortly before, as a replacement in a cemetery, Caius Nummius Amandus, a Roman citizen, recalls that he also built a templum for Mithras.
A decurion and flamine from the Septimian municipe of Apulum does the same on a monument found in 1998 in the bed of the Mureş, although it is not possible to link…
On [this] altar discovered in 1878, or shortly before, as a replacement in a cemetery, Caius Nummius Amandus, a Roman citizen, recalls that he also built a templum for Mithras.
A decurion and flamine from the Septimian municipe of Apulum does the same on a monument found in 1998 in the bed of the Mureş, although it is not possible to link…
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