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Your search Emerita Augusta gave 28 results.

 
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    Syndexios

    Hector Corneliorum

    Hector erected an altar to Mithras in Emerita Augusta 'by means of a divine vision', something unusual in Hispania.
  • Monumentum

    Altar by Hector Corneliorum of Mérida

    This fragmented altar was found in two pieces that Ana Osorio Calvo has recently brought together.

    From Spain

    ... Invict[o Mithrae] / Hector Cornelior[um] / ex visu.
  • Mithraeum

    Gran mitreo de Mérida

    Jaime Alvar speculates that the Gran Mitreo de Mérida could have been located in this area, based on a series of materials unearthed by Mélida during the excavations of 1926 and 1927.

    From Spain

  • Mithraeum

    Casa del Mitreo de Mérida

    Although the site at Cerro de San Albín is not a Mithraeum, archaeologists have found several monuments related to the cult of Mithras.

    CIMRM 772

    From Spain

  • Monumentum

    Tauroctony of the Gran Mitreo de Mérida

    These fragments of a monumental tauroctony found in the Cerro de San Albín must have decorated the Gran Mitreo de Mérida, which has not yet been found.

    From Spain

  • Monumentum

    Lion-headed figure of Mérida

    The lion-headed figure, Aion, from Mérida, wears oriental knickers fastened at the waist by a cinch strap.

    CIMRM 776

    From Spain

  • Monumentum

    Altar of Merida consecrated by Marcus Valerius Secundus

    This altar is dedicated to the birth of Mithras by a frumentarius of the Legio VII Geminae.

    CIMRM 793

    From Spain

    Ann(o) Col(oniae) CLXXX / aram genesis / Inuicti Mithrae / M(arcus) Val(erius) Secundus / fr(umentarius) Leg(ionis) VII Gem(inae) dono / ponendam merito curauit / G(aio) Accio Hedychro patre
  • Monumentum

    Mercury of Mérida

    The statue of Mercury in Merida bears a dedication from the Roman Pater of a community in the city in 155.

    CIMRM 780, 781

    From Spain

    Ann(o) col(oniae) CLXXX / invicto deo Mithrae / sacr(um) / G(aius) Accius Hedychrus / Pater / a(nimo) (libente) plosuit).
  • Monumentum

    Altar by Caius Aemilius Superaius of Merida

    Small white marble altar made in honour of Mithras found at San Albín, Mérida.

    CIMRM 796

    From Spain

    Deo / invicto / C(aius) Aemilius / Superai[us] / a(nimo) l(ibens) p(osuit).
  • Monumentum

    Altar from Mérida 'pro salute'

    The small Mithraic altar found at Cerro de San Albin, Merida, bears an inscription to the health of Caius Iulius.

    CIMRM 795

    From Spain

    Deo / Inuicto / pro salute / Cai Iuli / […]
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    Syndexios

    Quintio

    A slave of a certain Flavius Baeticus, Quintio dedicated an altar to the health of a companion.
  • Monumentum

    Altar of Mérida from Quintio

    This altar, which has now disappeared, was dedicated by the slave Quintio for the health of a certain Coutius Lupus.

    CIMRM 794

    From Spain

    Inuicto Deo / Quintio Flaui / Baetici Conim/brig(ensis) ser(uus) / pro sa(lute) Coutii Lupi
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    Syndexios

    Gaius Accius Hedychrus

    Pater Patrum at Emerita Augusta
  • Monumentum

    Isis de Mérida

    The Isis of Merida is covered by a long dress that reaches down to her feet.

    From Spain

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  • Monumentum

    Cautopates from Casa del Mitreo of Mérida

    The sculpture of the solar god is signed by its author, Demetrios.

    CIMRM 773, 774

    From Spain

    Invicto sacrum C. Curius Avitus / Acci(o) Hedychro pa(tre). Δημήτριος ἐποίει
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    Syndexios

    Gaius Iulius

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    Syndexios

    Marcus Valerius Secundus

    Centurio frumentarius probably from Tarraco, who served in the Legio VII Gemina located in Emerita Agusta.
  • Monumentum

    Oceaunus of Mérida

    The sculpture of Oceanus in Merida bears an inscription by the Pater Patrorum Gaius Accius Hedychrus.

    CIMRM 778, 779

    From Spain

    G(aius) Acc(ius) Hedychrus / p(ater) patrum