Syndexios
Theodorus
Scrutator of the customs of the Poetovio station, Theodorus erected an altar to Mithras following a vision.
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Biography
of Theodorus
- Theodorus is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios) at the Mithraeum I of Ptuj.
- Attested in the 2nd century.
- Attested in Poetovio, Pannonia superior, Pannonia in 171 – 230 (TNMM 413).
References
- Epigraphic Database Heidelberg. Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj in EDH.
- Alfred Shenington Geden. Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj in EDCS.
- Lupa.at (2020) Altar für Mithras und Transitus.
- Visit Ptuj (2020) Mithras shrines. Mithraeum I and III.
Attestations
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
TNMM 413
This altar from Ptuj, present-day Poetovio, is decorated with various Mithraic animals such as a tortoise, a cock and a crow and other objects.
Invict[o] Mithrae / et Transitu dei / Theodorus p[ublici] p[ortorii] / scrut[ator] stat[ionis] Poet[ovionensis] / ex visu.
To the invincible Mithras and for the passage [transitus] of the god, Theodorus, scrutator of the customs of the Poetovio station, following a vision.
Mithraeum I of Ptuj
TNMM 185
The Mithraeum I of Ptuj contains the foundation, altars, reliefs and cult imagery found in it.
