Altar by Septimius Zosimus from Roma

In ecclesia S. Martini in Montibus, ara rotunda sertis a cranis bubulis dependentibus circundata. (In the church of S. Martino ai Monti [Basilica dei Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti], a round altar surrounded by garlands hanging from the head of a bull).

CIL VI 733; MMM II No. 61.

Deo Soli invicto Mitrhe(sic!) / Fl. Septimius Zosimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) / sacerdus(sic!) dei Brontontis et Aecate hoc speleum constituit.



Cylindrical altar with inscription found in S. Martino ai Monti church or in Santa Maria Traspontina, 3rd-4th century CE.

Currently lost.

This monument…