Biography
of Iουλιανος
- Iουλιανος was a brother of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.
- Active c. 169 – 256 in Dura Europos, Syria-Coele (Syria).
- He served in the Legio XVI Flavia Firma Antoniana.
TNMP 231
Ioulianos was one of the soldiers of the Legio XVI Flavia Firma Antoniana stationed at Dura Europos in the first quarter of the third century. On the pediment of the entrance door to a naos adjacent to the Dolichenum at Dura Europos in Syria, he engraved an inscription to Zeus Helios Mithras, 'the most high saint who hears the prayers Tourmasgade'.
Mentions
Inscription to Tourmasgade of Dura Europos
This inscription by a certain Ioulianos, found at the entrance to the Dolichenum at Dura Europos, bears an inscription to Zeus Helios Mithras et Tourmasgade.
TNMM 661
Διὶ Ἡλίῳ / Μίθρᾳ άγί/ῳ ὑψίστῳ / ἐπηκόῳ / Τουρμασγά/δη [---] Ἰου/[λιαν-]ὸς στρα(τιώτης) / [λε]γ(εῶνος) ις´ Φ(λαουίας) Φ(ίρμης) / [Ἀν]τωνινια/νῆς.
To Zeus Helios Mithras most high saint who hears the prayers Tourmasgade, [---] Ioulianos, soldier of the legion XVI Flavia Firma Antoniana.