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Locus

Lucus Augusti

Today Lugo was the capital of the Capori tribe. It was conquered by Paullus Fabius Maximus and named Lucus Augustus in 13 BC after the positioning of a Roman military camp.

Inscriptions from Lucus Augusti

Ara of the Mithraeum of Lugo

Deo / Inuic[to] Mithrae / G[aius] Victorius Vic/torinus [centurio] L[egionis] VII G[emina] / Antonianiae P[iae] F[elicis] / in honorem sta/tionis lucensis / et Victoriorum / Secundi et Vic/toris lib[ertorum] suor/um aram po/suit libenti animo [hedera].
To the undefeated Mithras, Gaius Victorius Victorinus, centurion of Legio VII Gemina Antoniania Pia Felix in honor of the statio at Lucus Augusti and of the Victorius Secundus and Victor, his freedmen, placed this altar willingly.
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