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Isca

Isca Augusta

Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day suburban town of Caerleon, Walles.

Mithraic monuments of Isca

 

Inscripton of Justus from Caerleon

This oolite base, dedicated to the invincible Mithras, was found in the baths of the Villa de Caerleon, Walles.

CIMRM 809

Brothers attested in Isca

Iustus

Iustus
(171 – 200)

Inscriptions from Isca

Inscripton of Justus from Caerleon

[Deo in]victo / [Mi]thrae / ...s Iustus / c[[enturio] leg]ionis II aug[ustae] / [l[ibens]] m[erito] f[ecit].
To the Invincible Mithras, the well-deserving, […]s Justus, […] of the Second Legion Augusta, set this up.

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