The Mithraic evidence documented in Mauretania reflects the diffusion of the cult across the westernmost provinces of Roman North Africa. The material is associated primarily with urban centres, military presence and Mediterranean maritime connections linking the region to Hispania, Africa Proconsularis and the wider western empire.
People attested in Mauretania
Provinces of Mauretania
Mauretania Caesariensis
Mauretania Caesariensis connected western North Africa to Mediterranean trade routes and the provincial networks of the Roman empire.
Mauretania Tingitana
At the western edge of the Roman world, Mauretania Tingitana linked North Africa to Hispania through military and maritime exchange.
Places in Mauretania
Inscriptions from Mauretania
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.
