CIMRM 916 - Altar of Firmidius Severinus. Geneva, Switzerland.


By Laurent Flutsch. From: Old Latinists, Exposition temporaire du musee romain de Lausanne-Vidy Dedale, 14 May 2004 - 9 Jan 2005. From the National Swiss Museum, Zurich. 201 AD.

Autel de calcaire dédié au dieu Mithra et "au génie du lieu" par un soldat de la légion VIII Auguste, retrouvé en réemploi sous la cathédrale de Genève. Vers 200 apr. J.-C.From: Twitter.

"To the unconquered god and the genius of this place, Firmidius Severinus, soldier of the 8th Legion Augusta, pious and faithful to Commodus, has erected this altar after 26 years of service for his good health, in willing fulfilment of a vow. In the consulate of Mucianus and Fabianus."

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