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Altar of P. Aelius Amandus from Rome

Marble altar in the Museo Capitolino, Rome, bearing a bust of Sol and a dedication by P. Aelius Amandus, a soldier of the equites singulares Augusti, in fulfilment of a vow on receiving his honourable discharge, dated to 158 A.D.

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Ara marmorea. Mus. Capitolini. Under Sol's bust an inscription.Soli invicto deo / ex voto suscepto / accepta missione / honesta ex nume/ro eq(uitum) sing(ularium) Aug(usti) P. / Aelius Amandus / d(onum) d(edit) Tertullo et / Sacertoti co(n)s(ulibus).158 A.D.

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