The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Secundus
married c. AD 380 · Roman bridegroom · Named on the Esquiline casket · Rome
The Nicene Age
Who Secundus was
Named first in the acclamation on the rim of the Projecta casket. His religious position is genuinely ambiguous — the inscription is Christian, the imagery on the casket he is named on is pagan — and the archive records the ambiguity rather than resolving it in either direction. Distinct from Secundus of Tigisis, Secundus of Ptolemais and Secundus of Thessalonica.
Named once, on a contemporary inscription, fresco or object. No text of any period mentions him.
Common questions
When did Secundus live?
Secundus is dated married c. AD 380 in the archive, which places Secundus in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Secundus?
Secundus is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Epigraphic. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Secundus from?
The archive associates Secundus with Rome.
Who were Secundus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Secundus to 1 other figure, including Projecta. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
The inscription on the rim of the Projecta casket
c. AD 380SECVNDE ET PROIECTA VIVATIS IN CHRISTOEpigraphic · British Museum 1866,1229.1
The Projecta casket from the Esquiline Treasure, a silver marriage casket of the later fourth century inscribed for a Christian couple; British Museum, registration 1866,1229.1. Published in Kathleen Shelton, The Esquiline Treasure (British Museum, 1981).
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
- AD 366 · Damasus and the catacomb epigrams, AD 366
- AD 367 · Athanasius lists the 27 NT books, AD 367
- AD 372 · The martyrdom of Sabbas the Goth, AD 372
- AD 378 · Queen Mavia’s revolt, AD 378
- AD 380 · The Edict of Thessalonica, AD 380
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Secundus.
- 1Rome