Syndexios
Dioscorus
Dioscorus is a freedman from the Greek-speaking part of the Empire who dedicated an altar to the invincible Mythra.
Altar of Marci from Alba Iulia
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Biography
of Dioscorus
- Dioscorus was a brother.
- Active in Apulum, Dacia superior (Dacia).
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Chrestion and Dioscorus are liberti from the Greek-speaking part of the Empire, who were probably actively involved in the commercial life of the conurbation.
He was the son or slave (servus) of a certain Marcus, according to the inscription on the monument he erected.
Mentions
Altar of Dioscorus from Alba Iulia
In 1852, Károly Pap, a naval captain, unearthed several Mithraic monuments in his garden at Marospartos, including this altar.
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lnvicto / Mythrae / Diosco/rus Marci (servus) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito).
To the invincible Mythra, Dioscorus (slave or son of) Marcus has willingly and justly fulfilled his vow.