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Aulus Decimius Decimianus

Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe.

  • General view of the Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres

    General view of the Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres
    The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-SA) 

  • Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia

    Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia
    Musei Vaticani 

Biography
of Aulus Decimius Decimianus

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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

Mentions

Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere

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.

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A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. //

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.
Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe, at his own expense, restored it.

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