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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

    Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
    Gabrielle Kremer

  • Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum

    Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
    Gabrielle Kremer

  • Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum

    Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum
    Gabrielle Kremer

 
The New Mithraeum
3 Nov 2023
Updated on Nov 2023

TNMM 723 ↔ CIMRM 1671

L.H. 0.05.

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 side in which Cautes and Cautopates are depicted, recognisable by their Phrygian caps and their torches turned up and down respectively. Traces of red paint are still visible in the writing.

CIL III 4416

D[eo] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] C[aute ?] / T[itus] Flavius / Verecundus / Cl[audia] Savaria / [centurio] leg[ionis] XIIII / g[eminae] M[artiae] v[ictricis] / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the Invincible God Mithras, [and to] Cautes, Titus Flavius Verecundus of the Claudia tribe from Savaria, centurion of the Legio XIV Gemina of Mars the Conqueror, willingly, gladly, and deservedly fulfilled his vow.

References

CIL III 4416; MMM II No. 371; Kubitschek, Bilderatlas, No. 23; JOAI 29, 1935 (Beibl.) 302 No. 142; Vorbeck, 27 No. 45.

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