Biography
of Iulius Florus
- Iulius Florus is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios).
- Is attested in service with the Legio III Augusta.
- Attested in the late 2nd – early 3rd century.
- Attested in El-Gahra, Mauretania Caesariensis, Mauretania in late 2nd – early 3rd century (TNMM 780).
TNMP 270
Dédicace au Dieu Soleil Invaincu Mithra, par Iulius Florus, centurio (plutôt que miles) de la Legio III Aug, [...] us Pastor, décurion (et non signifer) de l’aile des Pannoniens, avec Pomponius Maximus, beneficiarius.
LE BOHEC, La Troisième Légion, cit., p. 176 et 239. Le même lulius Florus semble être attesté comme optio sur une liste de Lambèse, CIL VIII 2559 et 18048d, et peut-être plus tard comme vétéran.
References
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar from El Gahara by Florus in EDH.
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Altar from El Gahara by Florus in EDCS.
- Mark Alwin Hoffman (2009) Trois sites militaires séveriens en Algérie moyenne : Gimidi, Tarmount (Aras), El Gahra.
Attestations
Altar from El Gahara by Florus
TNMM 780
This altar is dedicated to the god Sol Invictus Mithras by a certain Florus, a veteran of the Legio III Augusta.
[deo] Soli invicto / Mithrae / [Gel?]lius Florus / [vet[eranus?]] leg[ionis] III aug[ustae] / ... us Pastor / [si]g[nifer] al[ae] I Pa[nn[oniorum] / [Pom]ponius Ma/[xi]mus b[ene]f[iciarius] / [co] [n]s[ulis] / [v[otum] s[olverunt]] l[ibentes] a[nimo].
To the Unconquered Sol Mithras, [Gel?]lius Florus, [veteran?] of Legion III Augusta, ...us Pastor, standard-bearer of the First Squadron of Pannonians, Pomponius Ma[ximus], beneficiary of the consul, [they] willingly fulfilled [their] vow.
