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Taurobolic Altar (Lyon)

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Taurobolic Altar

The Taurobolic Altar (French: Autel taurobolique) is an inscribed ancient Roman altar found in 1704 in a vineyard belonging to a certain Bourgeat on the Fourvière hill in Lyon, France. It dates to the year AD 160 and refers to a taurobolium carried out in Lugdunum to Cybele for the restoration of the emperor Antoninus Pius's health. It is now held at the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon.

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45°45′37″N 4°49′12″E / 45.7604°N 4.8199°E / 45.7604; 4.8199

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