Aulus Caedicius Priscianus
Eques Romanus and Pater active in S. Stefano Rotondo.
Altar to Cautes found in S. Stefano Rotondo
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General view of the mithraeum
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Mithras rock-birth of S. Stefano Rotondo
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Biography
of Aulus Caedicius Priscianus
- Aulus Caedicius Priscianus was a Pater of the Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo.
- Active c. 180 – 190 in Roma, Latium (Italia).
- He was an Eques Romanus.
TNMP 89
A. Caedicius Priscianus, sacerdos of the domus Augusta (i.e. the imperial palace in Rome) of Commodus, built and dedicated the Mithraeum of Santo Stefano Rotondo within the castra perigrinorum in Rome, i.e. the seat of the administration of military supplies and intelligence.
—Attilio Mastrocinque, 2017
See also CIL VI 2010 b, 22.
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
- Elissa Lissi-Carrona (1986) Il Mitreo dei 'Castra Peregrinorum' (S. Stephano Rotondo)
- Roger Pearse (2014) CIMRM Supplement - Mithraeum. S.Stephano Rotondo / Castra Peregrinorum, Rome
Mentions
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Stefano Rotondo
TNMM 473
These two parallel altars to the diophores were dedicated by the Pater and a Leo from the Mithraeum of S. Stefano Rotondo.
Leo vivas / cum Caedicio / patre.
Deo Cautae/opathi / Aur(elius) Sabinus, / pater huius loci, / et Bebius Quintianus / leo, / ex voto posuerunt.
Leo vivas cum / Caedicio / patre.
Que vive le Lion, avec Caedicius, Père.
Au dieu Cautopates, Aurelius Sabinius, Père de ce lieu, et Bebius Quintianus, Lion, à la suite d'un voeu, ont déposé.
Que vive le Lion, avec Caedicius, Père.
Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo
TNMM 17
The Mitreo dei Castra Peregrinorum was discovered under the church of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome.
Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
TNMM 152
The sculpture of Mithras rock-birth from Santo Stefano Rotondo bears an inscription of Aurelius Bassinus, curator of the cult.