Monumentum
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
This monument to Mithras and Cautes (or Cautopates) was erected in Carnuntum by the centurion Flavius Verecundus of Savaria.
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
Gabrielle Kremer
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
Gabrielle Kremer
Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
Gabrielle Kremer
The New Mithraeum
3 Nov 2023
Updated on Nov 2023
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D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) C(aute) /T. Flavius / Verecundus / c(o)l(onia) Savaria / [centurio] leg(ionis) XIIII / g(eminae) M(artiae) v(ictricis) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Discovered in Carnuntum, Austria, in 1853, this altar dates from the second half of the 2nd century and is dedicated to Mithras and one of his companions, either Cautes or Cautopates. The altar, which is badly damaged at the top, has a rectangular niche on each sid…