This site uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience.
Find out more on how we use cookies in our privacy policy.

 
Monumentum

Inscription of Aurelius Iustinianus from Ptuj

This inscription probably belonged to the fourth mithraeum of Poetovio and records the restoration of a Mithraic temple by the dux Aurelius Iustinianus.
 
The New Mithraeum
1 Oct 2023
Updated on May 2026
CIL III 4039; MMM II No. 354.Templum dei Sol(is) inv(icti) Mit(hrae) / Aure[(ius)] Iusti/nianus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) / dux / labefa/ctatum re/stituit.“ducem intellige Pannoniae primae et Norici ripensis” (Mommsen).In Poetovio, in Pannonia Superior, at the beginning of the 4th century, the dux of Pannonia Prima et Noricum Ripense left us this inscription, in which he claims to have built a temple to Sol invictus Mithras. The temple has survived to the present day under the name of Mithraeum IV de Ptuj.
CIL 03, 04039; CIMRM 1614; W. Gurlitt, JŒAI (Beibl.) 2, 1899, 100; P…

The full article is reserved for our members.

Log in or create a free account to access the entire site.

Related monuments

Mithraeum IV of Ptuj

A probable Mithraic sanctuary at Poetovio, identified by Vermaseren as the so-called Mithraeum IV on the basis of four associated inscriptions.

 
Back to Top