New Inscriptions from Sirmium

Abstract

The paper presents four Latin inscriptions kept in the Museum of Srem in Sremska Mitrovica. The first monument is a fragmentary honorific inscription of one Titus Cominius Severus, erected for the honour and solace of his father. The formula in honorem et solacium is paralleled by similar expresions recorded on Greek consolations decrees from the Roman period. The second monument is an altar dedicated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus and other gods and goddesses by Aurelius Dubitatus, soldier or beneficiarius consularis of the legion II Adiutrix which was garrisoned in Aquincum. Palaeographic and stylistic features of the monument suggest that it was erected in first decades of the third century AD. The paper also discusses two altars dedicated to the Persian god Mithras by Caius Iulius Italicus, decurion of the colony of Sirmium. These monuments testify to the existence of a mithraeum in Sirmium. The crumbling sanctuary was rebuilt from the foundations by the decurion mentioned above.