Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus from Andros
TNMM 624 ↔ CIMRM 2350
At Palaiopolis in the isle of Andros an inscription was discovered on the so-called Marmeropetra, which forms part of the to Helleniko-wall.
L.H. 0.055-0.07.
Pro salute imp(eratoris) Caesari(s) / L(uci) Septimi Severi et M(arci) Aur(eli) Antonini / Aug(ustorum) et P(ubli) Septimi Gaetae Caesari(s) / M(arcus) Aur(elius) Rufinus evocatus Aug(ustorum) n(ostrorum) / sancto deo invicto speleum constituit cum/ mil(itibus) pr(aetorianis) Fl(avio) Clarino Ael(io) Messio Aur(elio) Iuliano.
The inscription was dedicated between A.D. 198-209. The Mithraeum itself has not yet been discovered.
M. Aur(elius) Rutinus evocatus is also mentioned in CIL VI 32640 l.25, probably from the beginning of the reign of Septimius Severus. He then probably was already an evocatus; he had his origin in Bizye in Thracia.
This monument was discovered in 1910 in a wall of Palaiopolis, on the island of Andros in the Cyclades. The inscription is written in Latin in a Greek-speaking environment, is the work of a veteran and three praetorians, who were probably stationed on the island of Andros for a fairly long period. Archaeology has yet to reveal the speleum associated with this dedication.
Main inscription
References
Sauciuc in RM XXV 1910 263ff and fig.; Ann. ep. 1911220 No. 56; Antonielli in BCR 1912 248; Sauciuc Andros 94; MMM 229; Durry 342.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
