Syndexios
Maximus
Maximus engraved his name in one of the columns of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.
Engraved column by Maximus of Dura Europos
The New Mithraeum / Laurent Bricault
Franz Cumont poses in front of the main altar at the Mithraeum of Dura Europos
Yale University
Biography
of Maximus
- Maximus was a syndexios of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.
- Active c. 169 – 256.
- He served in the Legio IV Scythica.
References
- Shrine to the God Mithras (Mithraeum)
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Engraved column by Maximus of Dura Europos in EDH
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Engraved column by Maximus of Dura Europos in EDCS
Mentions
Engraved column by Maximus of Dura Europos
TNMM 759
A certain Maximus from the Legio IV Scythica engraved his name in one of the columns of the Mithraeum of Dura Europos.
Nam[a] / Maximus / scen[i]co / leg(ionis) IIII Sc(ythicae).
Mithraeum of Dura Europos
TNMM 34
The most emblematic of the Syrian Mithraea was discovered in 1933 by a team led by the Russian historian Mikhaïl Rostovtzeff.