Biography
of Curius Iuvenalis
- Curius Iuvenalis is attested as a Pater.
- Attested in the late 2nd – early 3rd century.
- Attested in Caere, Etruria, Italia in late 2nd – early 3rd century (TNMM 512).
TNMP 144
Curtius Iuvenalis is known from a single Mithraic inscription discovered at Caere, modern Cerveteri, generally dated to the late second or early third century CE (Antolini 2017; Chalupa 2023). The inscription identifies him as a Pater, and records that he initiated Memmius Placidus, a Heliodromus, who subsequently dedicated a votive altar to Mithras.
Nothing else is known about his life. Antolini notes that the inscription leaves no room for a praenomen before his name, identifying him only as Curtius Iuvenalis, and observes that the nomen Curtius is attested elsewhere in Regio VII, while Iuvenalis is a relatively common cognomen, particularly among free individuals (Antolini 2017).
Attestations
Heliodromus inscription of Cerveteri
TNMM 512
This inscription by a certain Memmius Placidus is the first ever found signed by a Heliodromus.
