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Inscription of the Olympius for a Leo

The inscription explains the transmission of the fourth Mithraic degree through the Paters of the Mitraeum of San Silvestro.

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Constantio VIllI et Iuliano II con[s(ulibus)] / Nonius Victor Olympius v(ir) c(larissimus) p(ater) p(atrum) / et Aur(elius) Victor Augentius v(ir) [c(larissimus)] pater / tradiderunt leontica IIII idus / aug(ustas) felic(iter). / Alia tradiderunt cons(ulibus) supra s(criptis) / XVII kal(endas) oct(obres) felic(iter).

357 A.D.

CIL VI 749; MMM II No.7.

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Data

Location
Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite, Roma, Latium (Italia)
Rome (Italy)

Type
Plaque Inscription
Dating 357

Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/448
CIMRM 400
CIL VI 749

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