Mithraic monuments of Diana Veteranorum
Altar from Ain-Zana
This altar was dedicated by a certain Marcus Aurelius Decimus to Sol Mithras and other gods in Diana, Numibia, present Argelia.
CIMRM 140
Brothers attested in Diana Veteranorum
Inscriptions from Diana Veteranorum
Altar from Ain-Zana
Iovi optimo / maximo luno/ni reginae Min/ervae sanctae / Soli Mithrae / Herculi Mar/ti Mercurio / genio loci di/is deabusque / omnibus M/arcus Aureli/us Decimus v[ir] p[erfectissimus] p[raeses] / p[rovinciae] N[umidiae] ex principe
pe/regrinorum / votum solvit.
pe/regrinorum / votum solvit.
To Jupiter Optimus Maximus, to Juno Regina, to Minerva the Holy, to Sol Mithras, to Hercules, to Mars, to Mercury, to the genius of the place, to all the gods and goddesses, Marcus Aurelius Decimus, a man of perfect rank, governor of the province of Numidia, formerly a chief of foreigners, fulfilled his vow.
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Laurent Bricault (2005) Les dieux de l’Orient en Afrique romaine.
- Marcel Le Glay (1954) Le Mithraeum de Lambèse
- Nicholas Vivan (2022) Il culto mitraico: attestazioni e diffusione nel territorio della Numidia
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2024) M(arcus) Aurelius Decimus
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2024) M(arcus) Valerius Maximianus
