Syndexios
Ulbius Gaianus
Praefectus vehiculorum, an official of the Roman courier service.
Plaque dedicated to god Mithras Invictus Patrius.The New Mithraeum / Jona Lendering (CC BY-SA)
Biography
of Ulbius Gaianus
- Ulbius Gaianus was a syndexios.
- Resident in Virunum, Noricum in c. 2nd century (TNMM 530).
- Resident in Mediolanum, Transpadana, Italia.
TNMP 159
Ulbius Gaianus was an official of the 'cursus publicus', the state postal service reorganised by the Emperor Hadrian (117-138).
References
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus in EDH
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus in EDCS
Attestations
Plaque of Milan by Ulbius Gaianus
TNMM 530
This monument dedicated to 'Invicto Patrio' was found in Milan in 1869.
Invicto / patrio / Ulb[ius] Gaianus / praef[ectus] vehic[ulorum].
