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Monumentum

Altar of Rufius Caeionius Sabinus

In this 4th-century Roman altar, the senator Rufius Caeionius Sabinus defines himself as Pater of the sacred rites of the unconquered Mithras, having undergone the taurobolium.

The New Mithraeum

14 Nov 2023

Magna ara in domo Angeli Cottii ad aquam Virginem.

CIL VI 511; MMM II No. 21.

M(atri) d(eorum) m(agnae) I(daeae) et Attidi Menoturanno s(acrum).
Nobilis in causis forma celsusq(ue) Sabinus
Hie pater Invieti mystica victor habet,
Sermo duos...... reservans
Consimiles aufert..... .
Et veneranda movet Cibeles triodeia signa:
Augentur meritis simbola tauroboli.
R(ufius) Cae(i)oni(us) Cae (ioni ?) Sabini f(ilius) v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ontifex) m(aior) hierof(anta) d(eae) Hecat(ae) aug(ur) / pub(licus) p(opuli) R(omani) Q(uiritium) pater sacror(um) invict(i) Methrae(sic) tauroboliatus…

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