Altar by Flavius Lucilianus from Aveia

The New Mithraeum

2 Jul 2024

Updated on May 2026

TNMM 778 ↔ CIMRM 652

Altar, found at Fossa.

Imp(eratore) Severo Antoni/no Aug(usto) IIII co(n)sule T. Fl(avius) Lucilianus / eq(ues) pub(licus) et T. Avidiaccus Fu/rianus eq(ues) pub(licus) spel(a)eum / Soli invicto consumma/ver(unt) cur(am) ag(ente) P. Peticen(o) Prim(o).

Limestone insription (45 x 64 cm) found in Fossa, 213 CE. Currently preserved in L’Aquila, Museo Nazionale d’Abruzzo.

CIL IX 3608

Imp[eratore] Severo Antoni/no Aug[usto] IIII co[n]sule T. Fl[avius] Lucilianus / eq[ues] pub[licus] et T. Avidiaccus Fu/rianus eq[ues] pub[licus] speleum / Soli invicto consumma/ver[unt] cur[am] ag[ente] P. Peticen[o] Prim[o].

Under Emperor Severus Antoninus Augustus, serving his fourth consulship, Flavius Lucilianus, a public horseman, and Titus Avidiaccus Furianus, also a public horseman, completed the sanctuary dedicated to Sol Invictus. This was done under the supervision of Publius Peticenius Primus.

References

CIL IX 3608; MMM II No. 154. CIL IX 3608; TMMM2 (Inscr. 154); CIMRM 652; Hackental 1968 (p. 226); Alimonti 1975 (p. 554); Buonocore 1992 (p. 226); Buonocore 2009 (p. 278); Ricci and Di Meo 2013 (p. 39); EDR175631 (S. Orlandi).

Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
Vittoria Canciani (2022) Archaeological Evidence of the Cult of Mithras in Ancient Italy.