The material documented in Liguria reflects the movement of Mithraic cults through maritime exchange, regional mobility and urban settlements along the northwestern coast of Italy. The province formed part of the transitional zone between Italy and Gaul.
Mithraic monuments of Liguria
Altar by Flavius Lucilianus from Aveia
This altar for the completion of a temple to Sol Invictus by Flavius Lucilianus was found in Fossa, Italy.
CIMRM 652
Brothers active in Liguria
Places in Liguria
Aveia Vestina
Aveia was an ancient town of the Vestini and Roman former bishopric, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Inscriptions from Liguria
Altar by Flavius Lucilianus from Aveia
Imp[eratore] Severo Antoni/no Aug[usto] IIII co[n]sule T. Fl[avius] Lucilianus / eq[ues] pub[licus] et T. Avidiaccus Fu/rianus eq[ues] pub[licus] speleum / Soli invicto consumma/ver[unt] cur[am] ag[ente] P. Peticen[o] Prim[o].
Under Emperor Severus Antoninus Augustus, serving his fourth consulship, Flavius Lucilianus, a public horseman, and Titus Avidiaccus Furianus, also a public horseman, completed the sanctuary dedicated to Sol Invictus. This was done under the supervision of Publius Peticenius Primus.
References
- Vittoria Canciani (2022) Archaeological Evidence of the Cult of Mithras in Ancient Italy
