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Aquileia

Aquileia, now a small municipality in north-eastern Italy, was one of the largest cities in the world in the 2nd century AD, with a population of 100,000.

Mithraic monuments of Aquileia

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Inscriptions from Aquileia

Altar of Aquileia to the brave god Mithras

Deo f[orti] i[nvicto] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / P. Aelius / Mercur[ialis] / Q. Tessig/nius Maxi/mia[nus] patr[es] / pros[esedente] T[ito] Aur[elio] / Victore v[otum] s[olverunt] l[ibentes] m[erito].
To the brave [fortis] invincible god Mithras, Publius Aelius Mercurialis [and] Quintus Tessignius Maximianus, Patres, under the presidency of Titus Aurelius Victor, have willingly and rightly fulfilled their vow.

Inscription by Cassianus of Aquilieia

D[eo] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / L. Sept[imius] Cas/sianus sig[nifer] / legionis IIIIII His[panae] / agens in lustro P. / Porci Fausti / p[rimi]p[ili] v[otum] p[osuit] l[ibens] m[erito].
To the invincible god Mithras, Lucius Septimius Cassianus, ensign-bearer of legion VI Hispana, agent in the transport of provisions [agens in lustro] directed by Publius Porcius Faustus, primipile, fulfilled his vow willingly and rightly.

Inscription by Velox of Aquileia

Pro salute / Tiberi Claudi / Macronis con[ductoris] / fer[rariarum] Nor[icarum] Velox ser[vus] / vil[icus] spel[a]eum cum / omni apparatu fecit.
For the salvation of Tiberius Claudius Macro, head of the iron mines of Noricum, Velox, a slave steward, made the spelaeum with all his equipment.

Inscription to Sol from Aquileia

[D]omin[o] / S(oli) s(acrum).
Sacred to Lord Sol.

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