Monumentum
Inscription of Apronianus to the res publica of the Aequiculi
This inscription to Mithras Invencible was dedicated by a certain Apronianus in 172 is currently lost.
The New Mithraeum
20 May 2023
TNMM 590 ↔ CIMRM 647
Inscription, found 'sub Nesce, in contrada Silvestri vicino il casale Domizi'.
Invicto Mithrae / Apronianus arkar(ius) / rei p(ublicae) d(onum) d(edit). / Dedicatum VII kal(endas) Iul(ias) / Maximo et Orfito co(n)s(ulibus) / per C. Arennium Rea/tinum patrem.
172 A.D.
Inscription found in Nesce (loc. contrada Silvestri), 25th June 172 CE. Currently lost.
CIL IX 4109
Invicto Mithrae / Apronianus arkar[ius] / rei p[ublicae] d[onum] d[edit]. / Dedicatum VII kal[endas] Iul[ias] / Maximo et Orfito co[n]s[ulibus] / per C. Arennium Rea/tinum patrem.
To the unconquered Mithras. The public treasurer Apronianus gave as a gift. Dedicated on the 25th of June, in the year of the consules Maximus and Orfitus, under the office of the pater Caius Arennius Reatinus.
References
CIL IX 4109; MMM II No. 152. CIL IX 4109; ILS 4190; TMMM2 (Inscr. 152); CIMRM 647; Buonocore 1992 (p. 226); Buonocore 2009 (p. 288); Ricci and Di Meo 2013 (p. 38).
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
- Vittoria Canciani (2022) Archaeological Evidence of the Cult of Mithras in Ancient Italy.
