Monumentum

Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis

The altar includes a slab with an inscription for the salvation of two emperors.

PublishedThe New Mithraeum

9 Mar 2022

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Marble slab (H. 0.37 Br. 0.75) belonging to the marble revetment of the cult niche. L.H. 0.03-0.05.

Pr(o) sal(ute) Augg(ustorum duorum) / S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio(n) / sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).

The two emperors may have been Marc Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Marc Aurelius and Commodus, Septimius Severus and Caracalla or Caracalla and Geta (Becatti).

A. Fl(avius) Hermadio in Rome No. 590.

Brothers

Data

Location
Mitreo della Planta Pedis
Ostia, Latium (Italia)
Ostia (Italy)
Dating late 2nd – early 3rd century
Material Marble

Type
Altar Inscription

Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/515
TNMmID 515
CIMRM 273

Mithraeum Mitreo della Planta Pedis
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