Syndexios
Flavius Aper
Commander of the Macedonian legions V and XIII Gemina Galliens.
Frontal view of Ptuj altar
CIMRM
Petrogenia del Mitreo III de Ptuj
Biography
of Flavius Aper
- Flavius Aper was a syndexios of the Mithraeum III of Ptuj.
- Active c. 260 in Poetovio, Pannonia superior (Pannonia).
- He was a Commander of the Macedonian legions V and XIII Gemina Galliens.
- He served in the Legio XIII Gemina.
References
- Attilio Mastrocinque (2017) The Mysteries of Mithras. A different account
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Gabriel Simeoni (2023) The Father of Mithras
Mentions
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
TNMM 255
The altar of Ptuj depicts Mithras and Sol on the front and the water miracle on the right side.
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) d(omini) n(ostri) Gallieni p(ii) f(elicis) / invicti Aug(usti) Fl(avius) Aper v(ir) e(gregius) l(ibens) m(erito).
To the invincible god Mithras, for the salvation of our pious and happy master Gallienus, the invincible emperor, Flavius Aper, a remarkable man (= knight), willingly and justly.
Mithraeum III of Ptuj
TNMM 60
Mithraeum III in Ptuj was built in two periods: the original walls were made of pebbles, while the extension of a later period was made of brick.
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
TNMM 204
Cautes and Cautopates attend the birth of Mithras from the rock in the Petrogenia of the third Mithraeum of Ptuj.
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) officialium Apri prae/positi leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII gem(inae) / Galli(enarum).
To the invincible god Sol Mithras, for the salvation of the members of the administrative office (officiales) of [Flavius] Aper, commander of the Macedonian legions V and XIII Gemina Galliens