Ara (small altar) dedicated to a

Genius by Aponia Nicopolis in good will. The ex-voto (as well as two additional votive altars) were found in Poço de Cortes, which in the Roman era was a rural environment, part of the

ager olisiponensis. Aponia Nicopolis is also referred as the dedicant in the funerary monument to her daughter, Aponia Iuliana, found in Barro, municipality of Loures. Originally the deities with the power of creation, the genii later assumed the role of deities guarding individuals or groups, places, institutions of even gods. In this ex-voto offered by Aponia Nicopolis, the nature of the genius in question is uncertain.