Syndexios
Gaius Lucretius Menander
Pater of the Mithraeum of Ostia which bears his name.
The marble slab with inscription.
Eric Taylor
Main aisle of the Mitreo Menandro.
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Biography
of Gaius Lucretius Menander
- Gaius Lucretius Menander was a Pater at the Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro.
- Resident in Ad Enum, Noricum in c. early 3rd century (TNMM 534).
References
- Ostia-Antica.org (2021) Regio I - Insula III - Mitreo di Menandro (I,III,5)
Attestations
Altar of the Mitreo Menandro
TNMM 534
The brick altar of the Mithraeum Menander was covered with marble slabs bearing a crescent and an inscription.
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D[ono] D[edit] D[edicavit].
To the invincible god Mithras, Diocles, in honour of Caius Lucretius Menander, father, donated and dedicated this gift.
Mitreo di Lucrezio Menandro
TNMM 6
The Mithraeum of Lucretius Menander was installed in the early 3rd century in an alley to the east of a Hadrianic building named after the solar god temple.
Deo Invicto Mithrae / Diocles ob honorem / C. Lucreti Menandri / Patris / D[ono] D[edit] D[edicavit].
To the invincible god Mithras, Diocles, in honour of Caius Lucretius Menander, father, donated and dedicated this gift.
