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Alcimus

Slave and bailiff of Tiberius Claudius Livianus.

  • Mithras killing the bull, earliest representation known.

    Mithras killing the bull, earliest representation known.
    CIMRM 

Biography
of Alcimus

TNMP 13

Alcimus, steward of T. Claudius Livianus, has dedicated the earliest known sculpture of a Mithras Taurcotonos. Vermaseren and Gordon believe that Tiberius Claudius Livianus was commander of the Praetorian Guard in 101 AD.

Alcimus, a wealthy slave steward of Tiberius Claudius Livianus, a knight close to Trajan who became prefect of the Praetorium in 101, can be dated to the very end of the 1st or, rather, the beginning of the 2nd century.

—Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire romain

Mentions

Tauroctony 593

This is the earliest sculpture of Mithras killing the bull known to date.

TNMM 164

Alcimus T. Cl(audi) Liviani ser(vus) vilic(us) S(oli) M(ithrae) v(otum) s(olvit) d(onum) d(edit)
Alcimus, slave and bailiff of Tiberius Claudius Livianus, gave this as a gift to the sun-god Mithras in fulfilment of a vow.

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