Inscription recording Mithraic initiations from S. Silvestro, Rome

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29 Jun 2026

CIL VI 750; MMM II No. 8.Datiano et Cereale cons(ulibus) / Nonius Victor Olympius v(ir) cl(arissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) [et] Aur(elius) Victor Augentius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) / tradiderunt persica pri(die) non(as) april(es) / fel(iciter). / Consulibus s(upra) sc(riptis) tradiderunt [h]eliaca / XVI kal(endas) ma/i(as) / felic(iter).357 A.D.

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