Dioscorus
Dioscorus is a freedman from the Greek-speaking part of the Empire who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mythra.
Altar of Marci from Alba Iulia
CristianChirita
Column with inscription by Dioscorus
EDCS
Biography
of Dioscorus
- Dioscorus was a syndexios.
- Active in Apulum, Dacia superior (Dacia).
TNMP 233
Chrestion and Dioscorus are liberti from the Greek-speaking part of the Empire, who were probably actively involved in the commercial life of the conurbation.
He was the son or slave (servus) of a certain Marcus, according to the inscription on the monument he erected.
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia in EDH
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Column of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia in EDCS
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscription of Dioscorus in EDCS
Mentions
Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
TNMM 665
In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.
Column of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
TNMM 69
This is one of the at least three inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marcus to Mithras Invictus found in Alba Iulia, Romania.
Inscription of Dioscorus
TNMM 786
One of the three known inscriptions of Dioscorus, servant of Marci, found in Alba Iulia, Romania.