Aurelius Hermodorus
Praeses of the Noric Mediterranean province, of equestrian rank, restaured the Mithraeum of Virunum in 311.
Mithraic inscription of Aurelius Hermodorus
The New Mithraeum / Andreu Abuín (CC BY-NC-SA)
Biography
of Aurelius Hermodorus
- Aurelius Hermodorus was a brother of the Mithraeum of Virunum. He was a(n) Governor (praeses) of the Noric Meditarrenaen province.
- Active c. 311 in Noricum.
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The inscription from Virunum was dedicated by Aurelius Hermodorus, a vi(r) p(erfectissimus) and provincial governor, p(raeses) p(rovinciae) N(orici) m(edi)t(erranei). London and Virunum were provincial capitals, Wiesbaden is very close to Mainz, the capital of Germania I, on the opposite side of the Rhine. There is ample evidence for renewed Roman activities on the right bank of the river in the area of Wiesbaden-Kastel and Wiesbaden in the in Diocletianic and Constantinian periods (Czysz 1994, 216-217). That the marble inscription in the spa town of Wiesbaden (Aquae Mattiacorum) was dedicated by a governor is at least not inconceivable, nor is it in the case of London.
Sauer (1996) The End of Paganism in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire
Mentions
Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus
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This marble gives some details of the reconstruction of the Virunum Mithraeum.