Syndexios
Marcus Porcius Verus
Procurator of the emperor, Porcius Verus erected a relief of Mithras found in Ruše, Slovenia..
Tauroctony of Ruše
Wilhelm Kubitschek via Tertullian.org
Biography
of Marcus Porcius Verus
- Marcus Porcius Verus was a syndexios.
- Active c. 235 – 240 in Ruše.
TNMP 244
Of a total of five Mithras reliefs of approximately the same size, only the donor of this is known. Marcus Porcius Verus was a procurator who exercised his office around 235/240 and donated an inscription for Iuppiter, luno, Minerva, Sarapis, lsis and other gods in Szabadegyháza.
References
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Tauroctony of Ruše in EDH
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Tauroctony of Ruše in EDCS
- Manfred Clauss (1992) Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhangerschaft Des Mithras-Kultes
Mentions
Tauroctony of Ruše
TNMM 710
This relief of Mithras tauroctonus and other finds were discovered in 1845 in Ruše, where a Mithraeum probably existed.
M(arcus) Porcius / Verus / proc(urator) Aug(usti) / me / pos/uit.
Marcus Porcius Verus, Procurator of the Emperor (or Augustus), placed.