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Locus

Volubilis

Volubilis is a partly-excavated Berber-Roman city in Morocco situated near the city of Meknes that may have been the capital of the Kingdom of Mauretania, at least from the time of King Juba II.

Brothers active in Volubilis

Mithraic monuments of Volubilis

 

Altar of Meknès

Two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, have been found in Meknès, Morocco.

CIMRM 160

 

Plaque of Meknès

One of the two inscriptions by Aurelius Nectoreca, a follower of Mithras, found in Meknès, Morocco.

CIMRM 161

 

CIMRM 159

At Volubilis not far from the fountain, in which the aquaduct of Fertassa emptied itself, two inscriptions dedicated to Mithras have been found.

CIMRM 159

 

CIMRM 167

Inscription from Termini.

CIMRM 167

 

CIMRM 170

Altar, found at Saponara "in hortis Danii".

CIMRM 170

 

CIMRM 173

Greyish marble relief (H. 0.84 Br. 0.99 D. 0.07), probably from Naples.

CIMRM 173

 

CIMRM 176

Relief formerly near Sta.

CIMRM 176

 

CIMRM 177

Marmore gracili et erecto.

CIMRM 177

 

CIMRM 178

Limestone, found on the island of Ischia.

CIMRM 178

Inscriptions from Volubilis

Altar of Meknès

I[nvicto] d[eo] M[ithrae] / Aur[elius] Nectore/ga [centurio] vex[illariorum] Brit[tonum] / Volubili / agentium / l[ibens] l[aetus] merito.

Plaque of Meknès

Pro salute et incolumitate imp[eratoris] Caesaris / L[ucii] Aeli[i] Aurel[ii] Commodi Pii invicti feli/cis Herculis Romani imperioque / eius Aur[elius] Nectorega [centurio] vex[illariorum] Britt[onum] / Volubili agentium sua pecunia / invicto posuit et d[e]d[icavit].
For the salvation and safeguard of the Emperor Caesar Augustus, Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, pious, invincible, happy, Roman Hercules, and under his imperium, Aurelius Nectoreca, centurion of the Breton vexillation stationed at Volubilis, at his own expense, for the Invincible, has deposited and dedicated.

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