Syndexios
Aphrodisius Corneliorum
Aphrodisius, probably of Greek origin, must have been a slave of the Cornelii.
Dédicace à Mithra
Biography
of Aphrodisius Corneliorum
TNMP 165
Hector Corneliorum would be a slave or oriental freedman of some family of the gens Cornelia. He appears in an epigraph corresponding to the epitaph of his wife, a free woman of 37 years, which allows us to affirm that Hector at least at some point reached freedom. Therefore it is not necessary the restitution proposed by Tantimonaco: Cornelio(rum servus).
In Icosium (Algiers), an altar contains an extraordinarily similar text, which makes the proposal of restitution (servus) unnecessary.
References
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscription of Aphrodisius in EDCS
- Marcel Le Glay (1968) A la recherche d'Icosium
Mentions
Inscription of Aphrodisius
TNMM 536
This inscription by a certain Aphrodisius was found under the old city hall of Algiers.
Mithrae / Aphrodisius / Corneliorum / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) a(nimo).
To Mithras, Aphrodisius Corneliorum willingly fulfilled his vow.