Syndexios
Aurelius Mithres
Imperial freedman and strator that offered a monument to Serapis.
Inscription of Aurelius MithresRICIS
Biography
of Aurelius Mithres
- Aurelius Mithres is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios).
- Attested in the late 2nd – early 3rd century.
- Attested in Roma, Latium, Italia in late 2nd – early 3rd century (TNMM 630).
TNMP 207
Aurelius Mithres was a slave of an emperor who released him for his services. He was a strator (στράτωρ), which literally means a person who keeps, harnesses and cares for a horse for another person. He added the words 'Aurelius' and 'l. strator' to the inscription he dedicated to Serapis after he was freed by the emperor.
References
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Inscription of Aurelius Mithres in EDCS.
- Laurent Bricault (2023) Recueil des Inscriptions concernant les Cultes Isiaques (RICIS).
Attestations
Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
TNMM 630
This monument, found in the Domus Flavia in Rome, bears an inscription by a certain Aurelius Mithres.
[Aurel]ius / Mithres / Aug[usti] l[ibertus] strator / Serapi d[onum] d[edit].
Aurelius Mithres, an imperial freedman and strator, offered this gift to Serapis.
