Syndexios
Aurelius Mithres
Imperial freedman and strator that offered a monument to Serapis.
Inscription of Aurelius Mithres
RICIS
Biography
of Aurelius Mithres
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
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscription of Aurelius Mithres in EDCS
- Laurent Bricault (2023) Recueil des Inscriptions concernant les Cultes Isiaques (RICIS)
Mentions
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.
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