Monumentum
Altar from El Gahara by Florus
This altar is dedicated to the god Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Florus, a veteran of the Legio III Augusta.
The New Mithraeum
2 Jul 2024
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 780 ↔ CIMRM 153
Inscription on an altar.
[deo] Soli invicto / Mithrae / [Gel?]lius Florus / [vet(eranus?)] leg(ionis) III aug(ustae) / ... us Pastor / [si]g(nifer) al(ae) I Pa[nn(oniorum] / [Pom]ponius Ma/[xi]mus b(ene)f(iciarius) / [co] (n)s(ulis) / [v(otum) s(olverunt)] l(ibentes) a(nimo).
In ara fracta infra et a sinistra.
Inscription déposée au Bureau de Bou Saada. Lecture corrigée par CAGNAT, «BCTH», 1904, p. CLXI. LE BOHEC, La Troisième Légion, cit., p. 176, n. 217.
CIL VIII 18025
[deo] Soli invicto / Mithrae / [Gel?]lius Florus / [vet[eranus?]] leg[ionis] III aug[ustae] / ... us Pastor / [si]g[nifer] al[ae] I Pa[nn[oniorum] / [Pom]ponius Ma/[xi]mus b[ene]f[iciarius] / [co] [n]s[ulis] / [v[otum] s[olverunt]] l[ibentes] a[nimo].
To the Unconquered Sol Mithras, [Gel?]lius Florus, [veteran?] of Legion III Augusta, ...us Pastor, standard-bearer of the First Squadron of Pannonians, Pomponius Ma[ximus], beneficiary of the consul, [they] willingly fulfilled [their] vow.
References
CIL VIII 18025; MMM II No. 542; cf. Dobo Inscr. Pann. No. 258. El Gahara. Eph. Ep. VII 802. Bev. Archéol 1888 p. 135.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
