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 brother.
- 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.
Mentions
Tauroctony of Ruše
This relief of Mithras tauroctonus and other finds were discovered in 1845 in Ruše, where a Mithraeum probably existed.
TNMM 710
M(arcus) Porcius / Verus / proc(urator) Aug(usti) / me / pos/uit.
Marcus Porcius Verus, Procurator of the Emperor (or Augustus), placed.
References
- Manfred Clauss (1992) Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhangerschaft Des Mithras-Kultes