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Monumentum

Altar of Sarmizegetusa by Hermadio

This altar was erected by Hermadio, who also signed other monuments in Dacia and even in Rome.
 
 
The New Mithraeum
22 Jan 2023
 
 

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This monument found in Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa bears the following inscription:

Soli invicto Mithrae aniceto Hermadio votum Solvit I. m.
 
 

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Mithraeum of Sarmizegetusa

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Tauroctony relief of Sarmizegetusa

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Petrogeny of Sarmizegetusa

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Cautopates of Sarmizegetusa with scorpion

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Cautes with bull head of Sarmizegetusa

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