Marcus Aurelius Decimus
Governor of Numidia between 284 and 285, he dedicated several monuments in Numidia to Mithras and other gods.
Biography
of Marcus Aurelius Decimus
- Marcus Aurelius Decimus was a syndexios (probably a Pater).
- Active c. 285 in Lambaesis, Numidia.
- He was a vir perfectissimus.
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Marcus Aurelius Decimus was a prominent Roman official, vir perfectissimus, in the late 3rd century AD, serving as governor of Numidia around 284-285. He dedicated several monuments to various deities, including an altar to Sol Mithras, as well as to Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Sol Invictus, Hercules, Mars, Mercury and the Genius Loci, and to the Numen Imperatorum.
References
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Inscription by Decimus from Lambaesis in EDH
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Inscription by Decimus from Lambaesis in EDCS
- Nicholas Vivan (2022) Il culto mitraico: attestazioni e diffusione nel territorio della Numidia.
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2024) ‘M(arcus) Aurelius Decimus.’ Sylloge Inscriptionum Religionis Africae Romanae
Mentions
Altar from Ain-Zana
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This altar was dedicated by a certain Marcus Aurelius Decimus to Sol Mithras and other gods in Diana, Numibia, present Argelia.
pe/regrinorum / votum solvit.
Inscription by Decimus from Lambaesis
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Slab found at Tazoult-Lambèse dedicated to the Unconquered god Sol Mithras by the governor of Numidia Marcus Aurelius Decimus.