Biography
of Titus Flavius Viator
- Titus Flavius Viator is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios) at the Mithraeum III of Carnuntum.
- Attested at Carnuntum, Pannonia superior, Pannonia (TNMM 192).
TNMP 119
Titus Flavius Viator is known from a fragmentary inscription associated with the monumental tauroctony of Mithraeum III at Carnuntum (TNMM 192; CIMRM 1683–1684), probably dating to the 2nd century CE. He appears to have commissioned or financed this large sandstone cult relief, which formed the principal cult image of the sanctuary (Bormann 1895; Vermaseren 1956; Clauss 1992).
No profession, military rank, public office or Mithraic grade is preserved for Viator. Clauss (1992) includes him among the civilian benefactors responsible for major elements of the sanctuary, suggesting that he belonged to the non-military component of the Mithraic community at Carnuntum. Other individuals named Viator are known from the epigraphic record, but there is currently no evidence that any of them can be identified with Titus Flavius Viator.
References
- Eugen Bormann (1895) Funde von Carnuntum. Das dritte Mithraeum.
- Manfred Clauss (1992) Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhängerschaft des Mithras-Kultes..
Attestations
Great Tauroctony of Carnuntum Mithraeum III
TNMM 192
Monumental painted tauroctony dedicated by Titus Flavius Viator, with traces of its original polychromy and fittings for metal rays on Mithras’ Phrygian cap.
Mithraeum III of Carnuntum
TNMM 191
Mithraeum III found in the west part of Petronell near Hintausried in August 1894 by J. Dell and C. Tragau.
