Syndexios
Lucius Tullius Agatho
Donated an altar to the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere while Marcus Aemilius Epaphroditus was Pater.
General view of the Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia
Musei Vaticani
Biography
of Lucius Tullius Agatho
- Lucius Tullius Agatho was a brother of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere.
- Active c. 2nd – 3rd century in Ostia, Latium (Italia).
Mentions
Inscription of Tellius Agatho in Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
TNMM 487
This inscription found in the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres mentions the Pater Marco Aemiliio Epaphrodito known from other monuments in Ostia.
L(ucius) Tullius Agatho / deo Inuicto Soli / Mithrae aram d(ono) d(edit) / eanque (sic) dedicauit ob / honore(m) dei, M(arco) Aemilio / Epaphrodito, patre.
Lucius Tullius Agatho donated the altar to the Undefeated Sun God Mithras and dedicated it in honour of the god, while Marcus Aemilius Epaphroditus was pater.
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
TNMM 144
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. //
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus et omni cultu sua p(ecunia) restituit. //
M. Aemilio / Epaphrodito / patre et sacerdote.
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus et omni cultu sua p(ecunia) restituit. //
M. Aemilio / Epaphrodito / patre et sacerdote.
Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe, at his own expense, restored it.