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Locus

Pax Iulia

Pax Iulia, modern Beja, developed into one of the principal urban centres of southern Lusitania.

People attested in Pax Iulia

Messius Artemidorus

Messius Artemidorus
(mid-2nd century)

Inscriptions from Pax Iulia

Dedication to Mithras from Pax Iulia

[M(ithrae)?] Deo Invicto / sodaliciu(m) Braca/rorum st[u]dium sua in/pensa fece[ru]nt cum / cratera. Ti[tulum] dona/vit Messiu[s] M(arci)? [l(ibertus)]? [Arte]mido/[rus] magis[t]er [d(e)] s(uo) fe(cit).
To the Unconquered God [Mithras]. The association of the Bracarenses built the meeting hall and provided the krater at its own expense. Messius [Artemido]rus, [Marcus’ freedman?], magister, erected this inscription at his own expense.

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