Biography
of Στρατων
- Στρατων is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios) at the Mithraeum at Kreta.
- Attested in the 138 – 161.
- Attested in Kreta, Moesia inferior, Moesia in 138 – 161 (TNMM 640).
TNMP 216
Straton son of Straton was a devotee of Helios Mithras attested at the Mithraeum of Kreta. Like other worshippers from the sanctuary, including Marcus Sikis Dossis, he dedicated a sandstone altar inscribed in Greek. His mixed Roman and local naming formula reflects the cultural environment of the Greek-speaking Lower Danube provinces during the Roman period.
References
Attestations
Autel of Straton from Kreta
TNMM 640
Straton, son of Straton, consecrated an altar to Helios Mithras in Kreta, Moesia inferior.
Στράτω/ν Στράρω/νος άνέθη[κεν] / τὸ[ν] βωμὸν / Ἡλίῳ Μίθρᾳ.
Straton, son of Straton, consecrated the altar to Helios Mithras.
Mithraeum at Kreta
TNMM 2016
Mithraic sanctuary excavated in a quarry at Kreta near Nikopol, Moesia Inferior, carved into the rock and including a small niche with a sandstone tauroctony relief, a base, and several altars.
