Syndexios
Aulus Decimius Decimianus
Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe.
General view of the Mitraeum of the Seven Spheres
Andreu Abuín
Tauroctonia del Mitreo delle Sette Sfere, Ostia
Musei Vaticani
Biography of Aulus Decimius Decimianus
- Aulus Decimius Decimianus was a brother of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere.
- Active c. 2nd century in Ostia, Latium (Italia).
Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe restored the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres including the pronaos and the statue of Mithras Tauroctonos, with its marbles and other ornements as mentioned in CIL XIV 61 / CIMRM 247.
—https://books.openedition.org/cdf/6538
Mentions
Tauroctony of the Mitreo delle Sette Sfere
The relief of Mithras slaying the bull from the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres was discovered in 1802 by Petirini by order of Pope Pius VII.
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus s(ua) p(ecunia) restituit. //
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus et omni cultu sua p(ecunia) restituit. //
M. Aemilio / Epaphrodito / patre et sacerdote.
A. Decimius A(uli) f(ilius) Pal(atina) Decimianus aedem / cum suo pronao ipsumque deum solem Mithra / et marmoribus et omni cultu sua p(ecunia) restituit. //
M. Aemilio / Epaphrodito / patre et sacerdote.
Aulus Decimius Decimianus, son of Aulus, of the Palatina tribe, at his own expense, restored it.