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Locus

Arelate

The Romans took Arelate from the Ligurians in 123 BC and made it an important city by building a canal towards the Mediterranean. Present-day Arles has preserved many Roman buildings.

Mithraic monuments of Arelate

 

Aion of Arles

The Aion of Arles includes nine signs of the zodiac in three groups of three, between the spirals of the serpent.

CIMRM 879

 

Mithras head of Arles

This head of Italian marble, found at Arles, probably belongs to a sculpure of Mithras.

CIMRM 881