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Last Updated on 16 Mar 2017

Author: Loredana Cappelletti

CAPInv. 1086: collegium dei invicti

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Southern Italy with Sicily
ii. Region Campania
iii. Site Posidonia/Paestum

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) collegium dei invicto (AE 1975: no. 236, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) collegium dei invicti

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 201 - 330 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:deus invictus, Mithras
iii. Descriptive terms collegium, collegium
Note collegium: AE 1975: no. 236, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) AE 1975: no. 236 (AD 201-330)
Note See also: Clauss 1992: 48; EDR076070; AGRW 315
Online Resources TM 247027 with EDR076070 and AGRW ID4058
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication to the collegium dei invicti by a certain Aurio li(bens) (see EDR076070) or li(bertus) (see Clauss 1992: 48) at his own expense. The inscription is written in Latin.
i.c. Physical format(s) Large bronze table.
ii. Source(s) provenance The inscription was found in the archaeological area of Paestum, stipe of temple no. 5.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note If, as seems probable, Aurio was a member.
iv. Status Aurio seems a foreigner; this cognomen is attested only in Dalmatia (Salona). Maybe, accepting the reading li(bertus), he was a freedman.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Clauss, M. (1992), Cultores Mithrae. Die Anhängerschaft des Mithras-Kultes. Stuttgart.
Waltzing, J.P. (1895-1900), Étude historique sur les corporations professionelles chez les Romains depuis les origines jusqu'à la chute de l'Empire d'Occident. I-IV vols. Louvain.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note See Waltzing 1895: vol. I, 44-5.