Biography
of Symphorus
- Symphorus was a brother of the Mithraeum IV of Aquincum.
- Active c. 2nd century in Aquincum, Pannonia inferior (Pannonia).
TNMP 155
Although the legal status of Symphorus is uncertain, it can be pointed out that he bears a Greco-Oriental sounding name, which is well attested among slaves and freedmen in Rome. It is therefore likely that he should be attached to one of these social categories.
—Latteur, 2010.
Mentions
Tauroctony of Symphorus and Marcus from Aquincum
This sculpture of Mithras killing the sacred bull bears an inscription that mentions the donors.
TNMM 526
[Sy]mphorus et M(arcus).
Symphorus and Marcus.