Biography
of Sextus Syntrophus
- Sextus Syntrophus is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios).
- Attested in Apulum, Dacia superior, Dacia (TNMM 787).
TNMP 276
It seems that the freedman Sextius Syntrofus was part of a modest Mithraic community of liberti and foreigners who came to Apulum from Greek or other eastern areas.
References
- Csaba Szabó (2013) Microregional manifestation of a private cult. The Mithraic Community of Apulum.
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar of Sextus Syntrophus in EDH.
Attestations
Altar of Sextus Syntrophus
TNMM 787
This altar to Invictus Mythra (sic) was found in 1867 in ancient Maros Portum, now Sighișoara, Romania.
Invict[o] / Mythra[e] / Sex[tus] Syntr/ofus v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens].
Invictus Mithras, Sextus Syntrophus willingly fulfilled his vow.
