Marcus Aurelius Rufinus — The New Mithraeum

Biography
of Marcus Aurelius Rufinus

Marcus Aurelius Rufinus was a syndexios at the Mithraeum of Andros.
Active 198 – 209 in Palaiopoli, Achaea [TNMM 624].

TNMP 205

Marcus Aurelius Rufinus was a veteran who was probably stationed on the island of Andros for a long time. He dedicated the only known inscription on the island to Mithras, where he claims to have built a mithraeum with his three fellow praetorians, Flavius Clarinus, Aelius Messius and Aurelius Julianus.

References

Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia in EDH
Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus of Andros in EDH
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Mithraic slab from the catacombs of Vibia in EDCS
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus of Andros in EDCS
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Aion relief of Mitreo Fagan in EDCS

Mentions

Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus of Andros

TNMM 624

This inscription reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, Greece, which has not yet been found.

Pro salute imp[eratoris] Caesari[s] / L[uci] Septimi Severi et M[arci] Aur[eli] Antonini / Aug[ustorum] et P[ubli] Septimi Gaetae Caesari[s] / M[arcus] Aur[elius] Rufinus evocatus Aug[ustorum] n[ostrorum] / sancto deo invicto speleum constituit cum / mil[itibus] pr[aetorianis] Fl[avio] Clarino Ael[io] Messio Aur[elio] Iuliano.

For the salvation of the Caesar emperors Lucius Septimius Severus and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustes and Publius Septimius Gaeta Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Rufinus, veteran [evocatus] of our emperors, to the pure invincible god, established the spelaeum, together with the praetorian soldiers Flavius Clarinus, Aelius Messius [and] Aurelius Julianus.

Mithraeum of Andros

TNMM 625

An inscription by a certain Aurelius Rufinus reveals the existence of a Mithraeum on the island of Andros, but it has not yet been found.