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Monumentum

Marble altar dedicated to Mater Deum and Mithras by Sextus Rusticus, Rome

Marble altar found near S. Lorenzo in Piscibus in 1949, dedicated to the Great Mother, Attis, and the Invincible Mithras by Sextus Rusticus, vir clarissimus, pater patrum, proconsul of Africa between 371 and 373 A.D.

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Marble altar, found near S. Lorenzo's in piscibus in 1949.Ann. Ep., 1953 No. 237.Diis m[agnis] / M(atri) d(eum) m(agnae) I(daeae) et A[ttidi meno]/tyranno [Sextius Rus]/ticus v(ir) c(larissimus) [et inlust]/ris pater pa[trum dei in]/victi Mithr[ae]....Sextus Rusticus was the proconsul Africae between 371 and 373; cf. Pallu de Lessert, Fastes des provinces afr., II, 75ff; Dessau, No. 778.

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