Biography
of Marcus Porcius Verus
- Marcus Porcius Verus is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios).
- Attested in the 235 – 240.
- Attested in Ruše, Pannonia superior, Pannonia (TNMM 710).
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.
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Tauroctony of Ruše in EDCS.
- Manfred Clauss (1992) Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhangerschaft Des Mithras-Kultes.
Attestations
Tauroctony from 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.
