Biography
of Lucius Aelius Hylas
- Lucius Aelius Hylas is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios).
- Attested at Sarmizegetusa, Dacia superior, Dacia in 2nd – 3rd century (TNMM 642).
References
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas from Doştat in EDH.
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Tauroctony of Aelius Hylas from Doştat in EDCS.
- Philippe Roy & Laurent Bricault (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l’Empire romain.
Attestations
Tauroctony from Aelius Hylas from Doştat
TNMM 642
This monument bears an inscription by a certain Lucius Aelius Hylas, in which he associates Sol Invictus with Jupiter.
Io[vi] S[oli] invi[cto] / deo genitori / r[upe] n[ato].
L. Aeli[us] Hylas [vicesimarius] l[ibertus] pr[o] sa[lute] et Horientis [sic] fil[ii] sui et Apuleia[e] eius signum numinis cum absidata / ex voto pos[uit].
L. Aeli[us] Hylas [vicesimarius] l[ibertus] pr[o] sa[lute] et Horientis [sic] fil[ii] sui et Apuleia[e] eius signum numinis cum absidata / ex voto pos[uit].
To Jupiter Sol invincible, god progenitor born of rock.
Lucius Aelius Hylas, collector of the twentieth tax, freed, for his health, that of his son Horiens and [his wife] Apuleia, following a vow, had the image of the divinity placed with the niche.
Lucius Aelius Hylas, collector of the twentieth tax, freed, for his health, that of his son Horiens and [his wife] Apuleia, following a vow, had the image of the divinity placed with the niche.
