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Monumentum

Legion inscription from Ager Sitifensis

Inscription of the cohorts of Legion II Herculiae dedicated to Deus Invictus Mithras, dated after 285 A.D., from the Ager Sitifensis.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
CIL VIII 8440; MMM II No. 539.Deo invicto Mytre leg(ionis) II Herculiae fec(erunt) / co[ho]rs X et VII votum solverunt / l(ibentes) a(nimo).The inscription is later than 285 A.D. as the second legion Herculis was founded by Diocletian.

CIMRM II 149
The Legio II Herculia was camping at Troesmis in Moesia. See Mithraic relief No. 2281.Read co[ho]r(te)s instead of co[ho]rs.

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