Monumentum
Dedication of Florius Hermadio from Ostia
Marble revetment inscription from the cult niche of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis recording a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras by the priest Florius Hermadio for the welfare of two emperors.
Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.EDCS
The New Mithraeum
9 Mar 2022
Updated on Jun 2026
TNMM 515 ↔ CIMRM 273
Marble slab (H. 0.37 Br. 0.75) belonging to the marble revetment of the cult niche. L.H. 0.03-0.05.
Pr(o) sal(ute) Augg(ustorum duorum) / S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio(n) / sacerdos s(ua) p(ecunia) f(ecit).
The two emperors may have been Marc Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Marc Aurelius and Commodus, Septimius Severus and Caracalla or Caracalla and Geta (Becatti).
A. Fl(avius) Hermadio in Rome No. 590.
Main inscription
Pr[o] sal[ute] Augg[ustorum duorum] / S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio[n] / sacerdos s[ua] p[ecunia] f[ecit].
For the salvation of the two Augusts, to Sol invincible Mithras, [Lucius [?]] Florius Hermadion, priest, made at his own expense.
References
Becatti, Mitrei Ostia, 82.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
