Gaius Camilius Superatus
Gaius dedicated an altar to the god Invictus in Emerita Augusta in the 2nd century.
Altar by Caius Aemelius Superaius of Merida
The New Mithraeum / Olivier-Antoine Reÿnès (CC BY-NC-SA)
Biography
of Gaius Camilius Superatus
- Gaius Camilius Superatus was a syndexios.
- Active c. 2nd half of 2nd century in Emerita Augusta, Lusitania (Hispania).
TNMP 10
We possess only limited knowledge regarding this individual, who voluntarily and gladly erected a modest altar bearing an inscription to an unconquered deity in Emerita Augusta, Lusitania. His name is abbreviated "C. CAMLIV. SPERAT.", which is probably an epithet referring to Caius or Gaius Camilius Superatus. The following inscription, found in Malaca, is that of a certain L. Servilius Supera, which could be misread as the same person who erected both altars to an invictus god or lord in south Spain.
CIL II 1966
L(ucius) Servilius Supera / tus Domino Invicto / donum libens ani/mo posuit / ara(m) merenti.
References
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida in EDCS
- Hispania Epigraphica. Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida in HE
- Jaime Alvar Ezquerra (1981) El culto de Mitra en Hispania
- Mitra en Hispania. Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida in MEH
Mentions
Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida
TNMM 426
Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.
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