Syndexios
Lucius Florius Hermadion
Priest. He devoted an inscription found on the main altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
Biography
of Lucius Florius Hermadion
- Lucius Florius Hermadion was a syndexios at the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
- Active c. late 2nd – early 3rd century in Ostia, Latium, Italia [TNMM 515].
TNMP 148
He might be the same person as Lucius Flavius Hermadion who offered a Mithras rock-birth sculpture, currently located in Ireland.
References
- Ostia-Antica.org (2020) Regio III - Insula XVII - Caseggiato del Mitreo della Planta Pedis (III,XVII,2) and Mitreo
Mentions
Altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis
TNMM 515
The altar includes a slab with an inscription for the salvation of two emperors.
Pr[o] sal[ute] Augg[ustorum duorum] / S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio[n] / sacerdos s[ua] p[ecunia] f[ecit].
For the salvation of the two Augusts, to Sol invincible Mithras, [Lucius [?]] Florius Hermadion, priest, made at his own expense.
Mitreo della Planta Pedis
TNMM 94
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
