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Historical stone inscription from Philippopolis
« on: July 12, 2019, 02:29:04 pm »
Historical found from Philippopolis (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) - stone inscription from 253 AD (time of Valerian and Gallien) describing list of  survived from Goths devastation (250 AD) members of Dionysian mysteries with their positions. Highlights:
- Damnatio emperors names
- Name of provincial ruler - god Dionysus
- 44 names of mysteries members
- Interesting positions of members - two sebastophoros, currets, etc.
- Founder - Jeni Tankova, text identification - Nikolay Sharankov
- Picture source - www.podtepeto.com

 

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