Syndexios
Flavius Aper
Commander of the Macedonian legions V and XIII Gemina Galliens.
Frontal view of Ptuj altar
CIMRM
Petrogenia del Mitreo III de Ptuj
Biography
of Flavius Aper
- Flavius Aper was a brother of the Mithraeum III of Ptuj. He was a(n) Commander of the Macedonian legions V and XIII Gemina Galliens.
- Active c. 260 in Poetovio, Pannonia superior (Pannonia).
- He served in the Legio XIII Gemina.
Mentions
Flavius Aper altar (CIMRM 1584)
The altar of Ptuj depicts Mithras and Sol on the front and the water miracle on the right side.
TNMM 255
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) d(omini) n(ostri) Gallieni p(ii) f(elicis) / invicti Aug(usti) Fl(avius) Aper v(ir) e(gregius) l(ibens) m(erito).
To the invincible god Mithras, for the salvation of our pious and happy master Gallienus, the invincible emperor, Flavius Aper, a remarkable man (= knight), willingly and justly.
Mithras rock-birth of Mithraeum III, Ptuj
Cautes and Cautopates attend the birth of Mithras from the rock in the Petrogenia of the third Mithraeum of Ptuj.
TNMM 204
D(eo) S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / pro sal(ute) officialium Apri prae/positi leg(ionum) V M(acedonicae) et XIII gem(inae) / Galli(enarum).
To the invincible god Sol Mithras, for the salvation of the members of the administrative office (officiales) of [Flavius] Aper, commander of the Macedonian legions V and XIII Gemina Galliens