The Mithraic material documented in Mauretania Caesariensis reflects the circulation of cults through coastal cities, military presence and maritime exchange linking the province to Hispania and the wider western Mediterranean.
People attested in Mauretania Caesariensis
Places in Mauretania Caesariensis
El-Gahra
The Roman settlement overlooked a passage between the Hodna and the Sahara via the Aïn Rich plain and the valley of the Oued Chaïr, between the Ouled-Naïl and Zab mountains.
Inscriptions from Mauretania Caesariensis
Inscription to Sol Invictus from Zuccabar
Soli / invic/to.
To the Unconquered Sun.
Altar from El Gahara by Florus
[deo] Soli invicto / Mithrae / [Gel?]lius Florus / [vet[eranus?]] leg[ionis] III aug[ustae] / ... us Pastor / [si]g[nifer] al[ae] I Pa[nn[oniorum] / [Pom]ponius Ma/[xi]mus b[ene]f[iciarius] / [co] [n]s[ulis] / [v[otum] s[olverunt]] l[ibentes] a[nimo].
To the Unconquered Sol Mithras, [Gel?]lius Florus, [veteran?] of Legion III Augusta, ...us Pastor, standard-bearer of the First Squadron of Pannonians, Pomponius Ma[ximus], beneficiary of the consul, [they] willingly fulfilled [their] vow.
