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Locus

Vetera

Vetera was the name of the location of two successive Roman legionary camps in the province of Germania Inferior near present-day Xanten on the Lower Rhine.

Mithraic monuments of Vetera

 

Sandstone base with Cautes from Vetera

Sandstone base from Vetera (Xanten), Germania Inferior, with a relief of Cautes in Oriental dress holding a long burning torch.

CIMRM 1006

 

Mithraic sanctuary area at Vetera

Group of altars and a base indicating the existence of a Mithraeum near the Roman camp of Vetera.

CIMRM 1003

 

Trachyte altar from Vetera

Decorated altar with rosettes and an inscription panel from the Mithraic sanctuary at Vetera.

CIMRM 1004

 

Dedicatory inscription of Marcus Iulius Martius

Mithraic altar inscription set up by the centurion Marcus Iulius Martius in 189 CE.

CIMRM 1005

 

Altar with bust of Sol

Weathered limestone altar decorated with the radiate bust of Sol.

CIMRM 1007

 

Military dedication to Apollo, Sol and Luna

Complex military inscription invoking Apollo, Sol and Luna under Severus Alexander.

CIMRM 1008

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