
Syndexios
Aurelius Hermodorus
Praeses of the Noric Mediterranean province, of equestrian rank, restaured the Mithraeum of Virunum in 311.
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 Municipium Claudium Virunum, Noricum.
Mentions
Inscription of the praeses Aurelius Hermodorus
This marble gives some details of the reconstruction of the Virunum Mithraeum.
D(eo) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) templum vetusta(te) / conlabsum quot (sic) fuit / per annos amplius / L desertum, Aur(elius) / Hermodorus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) pr(aeses) pr(ovinciae) N(orici) / M(edi)t(erranei) a novo restitui fecit. / Quot edificatum est divo / Maximiano VIII et Maximino it(e)r(um) / A(u)gg(ustis) con(sulibus) Quar (tinio) Ursiniano cur (ante).
To the invincible god Mithras. This temple that collapsed because of age, which was abandoned for more than 50 years, Aurelius Hermodorus, a most perfect man, governor of the province of Mediterranean Noricum, restored from scratch. This construction was done during the eighth consulship of the divine Maximianus Augustus and second consulship of Maximinus Augustus, with Quartinius Ursinianus overseeing the work.