Syndexios
Titus Lepidius Honorinus
One of the lions of Carsuale who funded the leonteum.
Plaque from Umbria
Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
Biography
of Titus Lepidius Honorinus
- Titus Lepidius Honorinus was a Leo of the Mitreo di Carsulae.
- Active c. 1st half of 3rd century in Carsulae, Umbria (Italia).
TNMP 105
We know very little about Titus Lepidius Honorinus, except that he was one of the syndexioi of the Mitreo di Carsuale, who, with his fellow lions, financed the leonteum of his community, under the direction of Egnatius Reparatus, the legitimate priest.
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscription on a leonteum of Umbria in EDCS
- Giovanna Bastianelli (2018) Mithras in regio VI, Umbria. Fragments of a shipwreck
Mentions
Inscription on a leonteum of Umbria
TNMM 483
This plaque from Carsulae, in Umbria, refers to the creation of a leonteum erected by the lions at their own expense.
Leonteum cum signo et cetero cultu exornatum / ex permissu sanctissimi ordinis ex pec(unia) sua / a solo fecerunt leones, consummati ab Egnatio Re/parato sacerdote legit(imo) et collatore, T(itus) Lepidius Ho/norinus Alexander et Amicus circ(itores) Aug(usti) n(ostri), L(ucii duo) Vicri(i) Severus / et Speratus, T(itus) Satronius Sabinianus, P(ublius) Vatinius Tustus, L(ucius) Tulius / Felix, L(ucius) Longinius Stachys faber de (sestertiis quinque) m(ilibus) n(ummum). L(ocus) d(atus) d(ecurionum) d(ecreto).
The leonteum, adorned with a statue and other cultic elements, with the permission of the most sacred municipal ordo, the Lions erected it at their own expense from the ground, they who were initiated (consummati) by Egnatius Reparatus, legitimate priest (legitimus) and contributor: Titus Lepidius Honorinus, Alexander and Amicus, imperial (slaves), guardians, the two Lucii Vicrii, Severus and Speratus, Titus Satronius Sabinianus, Publius Vatinius Iustus, Lucius Tulius Felix, Lucius Longinius Stachys, craftsman, for a sum of 5,000 sesterces. Location given by decree of the decurions.
Mitreo di Carsulae
TNMM 485
Epigraphic monuments reveal the presence of a Mithraeum in the ancient municiple of Carsulae, in Umbria.