The "Pater Patrum" of Mithras

The following inscriptions refer to a pater patrum, or "Father of Fathers".1

VermaserenEditionNameRank
57Dura 57Capitolinus, Saturnilus-
235CIL XIV 403Sex. Pompeius Maximusqq.corp.
779CRAI 1904, 573C. Acc(ius) Hedychrus-
911CIL XIII 2540C. Rufius Eutactus-
336CIL VI 86Flavius Antistianusv.e.
400CIL VI 749Nonius Victor Olympius (357)v.c.
401CIL VI 750Nonius Victor Olympius (358)v.c.
402CIL VI 751 aNonius Victor Olympius (358)v.c.
404CIL VI 752Nonius Victor Olympius (358/59)v.c.
405CIL VI 753Nonius Victor Olympius (362)v.c.
378AE. 1953, 237[Sextius Rus]ticus (procos. Africae 371/73)v.c.
403CIL VI 751 bAur. Victor Augentius (376)v.c.
520CIL VI 510Sextilius Agesilaus Aedesius (376)v.c.
369CIL VI 47Agrestiusv.c.
521CIL VI 2151Iunius Postumianus (10)v.c.
420CIL VI 1779Vettius Agorius Praetextatus (384)v.c.

v.e. = vir egregrius, i.e. an equestrian.

v.c. = vir clarissimus, i.e. a patrician.


1Peter Herz, Agrestius v(ir) c(larissimus), Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Bd. 49 (1982), pp. 221-224. p.223. The CIMRM reference for Vettius Agorius Praetextatus was omitted by Herz.

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