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    Monumentum

    Altar by Marcus Aurelius Sabinus

    This altar to the god Sol invicto Mithra was erected by a legate during Maximin’s reign in Lambaesis, Numidia.

    TNMM616 – CIMRM 134

    Deo Sol(i) in/victo Mi/thrae / M. Aurel(ius) / M(arci) f(ilius) Sergi/s Carnu/nto Sabi/nus prae/fect(us) leg(ionis) / III aug(ustae) p(iae) v(indicis) / Maximi/nianae v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito…
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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Cirta

    An inscription mentioning a speleum decorated by Publilius Ceionius suggests the location of a mithraeum in Cirta, the capital of Numidia.

    TNMM615 – CIMRM 129

    Speleum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)].
  • Syndexios

    Valerius Florus

    Governor of Numidia in 303, vir perfectissimus Valerius Florus was a well-known persecutor of Christians.
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    Monumentum

    Altar from Ain-Zana

    This altar was dedicated by a certain Marcus Aurelius Decimus to Sol Mithras and other gods in Diana, Numibia, present Argelia.

    TNMM775 – CIMRM 140

    Iovi optimo / maximo luno/ni reginae Min/ervae sanctae / Soli Mithrae / Herculi Mar/ti Mercurio / genio loci di/is deabusque / omnibus M/arcus Aureli/us Decimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) / p(ro…
  • Syndexios

    Marcus Aurelius Decimus

    Governor of Numidia between 284 and 285, he dedicated several monuments in Numidia to Mithras and other gods.
  • Syndexios

    Celsianus

    Actuarius and notarius, Celsianus dedicated an altar to Sol Mithras for the health of two illustrious men.
  • Syndexios

    Publilius Ceionius Caecina Albinus

    Vir clarissimus and governor of Numidia, who dedicated a temple to Mithras with its images and ornaments in Cirta.
  • Syndexios

    Marcus Valerius Maximianus

    Clarissimus knight and legate born in Poetovio that helped to disseminate the cult of Mithras in the African provinces.
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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Skikda

    Many of the inscriptions and sculptures of the site were kept in a museum which has been destroyed.

    TNMM92 – CIMRM 121

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    Monumentum

    Slab with inscription by Publilius Ceionius of Cirta

    This inscription shows that Publilius Ceionius, most distinguished man, dedicated a temple to Mithras at Mila, in the modern Constantina, Algeria.

    TNMM772 – CIMRM 129

    Spel(a)eum cum [sig]/nis et omamen[tis] / Publilius Ceion[ius] / Caecina Albinu[s v(ir) c(larissimus)].
  • Syndexios

    Materninius Faustinus

    He erected one of the last known mithraea on his property.
  • Socius

    Jayel Laing Lyne Sittius Caecilianus

    Y DNA E-M183/E-M81 Roman Numidian & Celtic Scot/Brit from Borders of Scotland and England (desc. from Numidian Tribunes/Prefects of Hadrians & High Rochester)
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    Monumentum

    Altar by Celsianus from Lambaesis

    This altar found in Lambèse, now Tazoult, Algeria, bears the inscription of a certain Celsianus for the health of two men to the god Sol Unconquered Mithras.

    TNMM781

    Deo Soli / Invicto / Mithr(a)e / pro salute et / incolumitate / C(ai) Fabi Fabiani / Vetili Luciliani / leg(ati) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) c(larissimi) v(iri) / Celsianus act(or) et not(arius) v(otum…
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    Monumentum

    Aion of Skikda

    The lion-headed figure of Skikda includes a pine cone beside his feet.

    TNMM318 – CIMRM 125

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Lambaesis

    The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.

    TNMM101

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    Monumentum

    CIMRM 123 124

    Two marble statues (H. 0.63; 0.60).

    TNMM1373 – CIMRM 123, 124

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    Monumentum

    CIMRM 122

    Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Rusicade, today Skikda, Algeria.

    TNMM860 – CIMRM 122

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    Locus

    Rusicade

    Skikda is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean.
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    Monumentum

    Second phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

    This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.

    TNMM799

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    Mithraeum

    Mithraeum of Tiddis

    The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.

    TNMM269 – CIMRM 162

    I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).
 
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