Aulus Decimius Decimianus
Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe.
General view of the Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA)
Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia
Musei Vaticani
Biography
of Aulus Decimius Decimianus
- Aulus Decimius Decimianus was a syndexios of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere.
- Active c. 2nd century in Ostia, Latium (Italia).
TNMP 32
Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe restored the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres including the pronaos and the statue of Mithras Tauroctonos, with its marbles and other ornements as mentioned in CIL XIV 61 / CIMRM 247.
—https://books.openedition.org/cdf/6538
References
- Ostia-antica.org. Regio II - Insula VIII - Mitreo delle Sette Sfere (II,VIII,6)
Mentions
Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
TNMM 9
The Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres is of great importance for the understanding of the cult, because of its black-and-white mosaics depicting the planets, the zodiac and related elements.
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
TNMM 144
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus et omni cultu sua p(ecunia) restituit. //
M. Aemilio / Epaphrodito / patre et sacerdote.