Syndexios
Aurelios Markos
Αὐρήλιος Μᾶρκος
Dedicated a stele in Nicopolis ad Istrum, previously dedicated by a certain Galerios.
Mithras stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
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Biography of Aurelios Markos
- Aurelios Markos was a brother. He was a(n) Stonecutter.
- Active circa early 3rd century in Nicopolis ad Istrum, Dacia Malvensis (Dacia).
Other brothers from Nicopolis ad Istrum
Mentions
Tauroctony stele of Nicopolis ad Istrum
The Tauroctony of Nicopolis ad Istrum is unique as it is the only Mithraic stele befitting a Greek donor.
Ἀγαθῆι τύχηι. Ἡλίῳ | Μίθρᾳ | θεῷ | ἐπηκόῳ || Αὐρ(ήλιος) | Μᾶρκος | γναφεὺς | τὸ συήλιον | σὺν τῇ || ζωγραφίᾳ | κατεσκεύ|ασεν | ἐκ τῶν |ἰδίων || εὐχαρισ|τήριον.
To the lord Mithras, as an ex-voto, Galerios, son of Proteos, assistant stone cutter. To good fortune. To Helios Mithras, the listening god, Aurelios Markos, stone cutter, had the stele erected with the painting, at his own expense, as a mark of gratitude.
