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 circa 260 in Poetovio, Pannonia superior (Pannonia).
Other brothers from Poetovio
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.
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 Sol Mithra, for the salvation of our master Gallien Pious Happy, the invincible emperor, Flavius Aper, 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.
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
