Aulus Caedicius Priscianus
Eques Romanus and Pater active in S. Stefano Rotondo.
General view of the mithraeum
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Altar to Cautes found in S. Stefano Rotondo
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Mithras rock-birth of S. Stefano Rotondo
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Biography of Aulus Caedicius Priscianus
- Aulus Caedicius Priscianus was a Pater of the Mitreo di Santo Stefano Rotondo. He was a(n) Eques Romanus.
- Active c. 180 – 190 in Roma, Latium (Italia).
A. Caedicius Priscianus, sacerdos of the domus Augusta (i.e. the imperial palace in Rome) of Commodus, built and dedicated the Mithraeum of Santo Stefano Rotondo within the castra perigrinorum in Rome, i.e. the seat of the administration of military supplies and intelligence.
—Attilio Mastrocinque, 2017
See also CIL VI 2010 b, 22.
Mentions
Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Stefano Rotondo
These two parallel altars to the diophores were dedicated by the Pater and a Leo from the Mithraeum of S. Stefano Rotondo.
Leo vivas / cum Caedicio / patre.
Deo Cautae/opathi / Aur(elius) Sabinus, / pater huius loci, / et Bebius Quintianus / leo, / ex voto posuerunt.
Leo vivas cum / Caedicio / patre.
Que vive le Lion, avec Caedicius, Père.
Au dieu Cautopates, Aurelius Sabinius, Père de ce lieu, et Bebius Quintianus, Lion, à la suite d'un voeu, ont déposé.
Que vive le Lion, avec Caedicius, Père.
Petrogeny of Santo Stefano Rotondo
The sculpture of Mithras rock-birth from Santo Stefano Rotondo bears an inscription of Aurelius Bassinus, curator of the cult.