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Carnuntum

Carnuntum was a Roman legionary fortress and headquarters of the Pannonian fleet from 50 AD. After the 1st century, it was capital of the Pannonia Superior province. It also became a large city of 50,000 inhabitants.

Mithraic monuments of Carnuntum

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Inscriptions from Carnuntum

Great Tauroctony of Carnuntum Mithraeum III

T[itus] Fl[avius] Viato[r] condi fe[cit].
Titus Flavius Viator had (this) built.

Inscription by Propinquus of Carnuntum

C[aius] Iul[ius] Propin/quos [sic] pariete[m] / ex voto / impensa sua.
Caius Iulius Propinquos, following a vow, made the wall at his own expense.

Altar of Carnuntum by Sacidius Barbarus

Invicto Mitrhe / C. Sacidius Ba/rbarus [c[enturio]] leg[ionis] / XV Apol[linar[is]] / ex voto ....
To the invincible Mithras, Caius Sacidius Barbarus, centurion of the XV Apollinaris legion, upon a vow.

Altar of Carnuntum by the Augusti and Caesares

D[eo] S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / fautori imperii sui / Iovii et Herculii / religiosissimi / Augusti et Caesares / sacrarium / restituerunt.
To the god Sol Invictus Mithras, the protector of their empire, the most devout followers of Jupiter and Hercules, the Augusti and Caesares, restored this shrine.

Altar to Petra Genetrix from Carnuntum

Petrae / Genetrici / P[ublius] Ael[ius] Nigri/nus sacerd[os] / v[otum] s[olvit].
To the Petra Genetrix, Publius Aelius Nigrinus, priest, has fulfilled his vow.

Altar of Flavius Verecundus from Carnuntum

D[eo] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] C[aute ?] / T[itus] Flavius / Verecundus / Cl[audia] Savaria / [centurio] leg[ionis] XIIII / g[eminae] M[artiae] v[ictricis] / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the Invincible God Mithras, [and to] Cautes, Titus Flavius Verecundus of the Claudia tribe from Savaria, centurion of the Legio XIV Gemina of Mars the Conqueror, willingly, gladly, and deservedly fulfilled his vow.

Altar of Adiectus from Carnuntum

D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / Adiec[tus] / ser[vus] T[iberii] C[laudii?] v ... / gen[itori] lum[inis] / v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] l[aetus] m[erito].
To the invincible god Mithras, Adiectus, slave of Tiberius C[---] V[---], progenitor of light [?], fulfilled his vow willingly, joyfully and justly.

Mithras birth from Petronell

D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / Vindilius?] Cupitus / sig[nifer] leg[ionis] XIIII g[eminae] A[ntoninianae] et / Vind[ilius?] Iulianus / voto] p[osuerunt] patre Paterno.
To the Unconquered God Mithras, Vindilius [?] Cupitus, standard-bearer of the Fourteenth Twin Legion of Antoninus, and Vindilius [?] Julianus, placed [this] in fulfillment of a vow, with Paternus as father [of the ceremony].

Tauroctony from Carnuntum

D[eo] S[oli] I[nvicto] M[ithrae] / Aur[elius] Mac[er[?]] / v[otum] s[olvit] / [l[ibens] m[erito]].
To the god Sol Invictus Mithras, Aurelius Macer[?] gladly and deservedly fulfilled his vow.

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