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Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Stefano Rotondo
These two parallel altars to the diophores were dedicated by the Pater and a Leo from the Mithraeum of S. Stefano Rotondo.
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1 Feb 2022
Altar to Cautes found in S. Stefano Rotondo
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Altar to Cautes and Cautopates, divine attendants of Mithras, symbolizing respectively dawn and sunset. Dedicated by Aurelius Sabinus, pater of the mithraeum of the castra peregrina of the Imperial horseguards (equites singulares). Marble, reign of Commodus (180-192 CE). From the area of S. Stefano Rotondo, Rome
Altar to Cautes
Marble altar to Cautes, found upside down near the entrance (n.inv.205832). 46 x 34 x 27 cm. Patera on right face, fulmen on the left face. Pinacles, and upper face pierced with five holes, perhaps for some metal object.Brothers
Data
- Location
Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo, Roma, Latium (Italia) Rome (Italy) - Type
- Dating 180-190
- Discovery date 1973
- Material Marble
- Canonical URI
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