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Marcus Aurelius Rufinus

Roman veteran stationed on the island of Andros, where he built a temple to Mithras.

  • Mithraic inscription of Andros

    Mithraic inscription of Andros
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Biography
of Marcus Aurelius Rufinus

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

Attestations

Inscription by Aurelius Rufinus from 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.

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