Altar by Valerius Maximianus from Lambaesis

Altar in limestone (H. 1.09 Br. 0.47 D. 0.47) with a circular hollow in the top.CRAI 1954, 272f.L.H. 0.05–0.045; traces of red in the letters.Soli / deo / invicto / Mithrae / sacrum / M. Valerius / Maximianus / leg(atus) Aug(usti) / pr(o) pr(actore).M. Valerius Maximianus: See No. 137. He is a native of Poetovio where the Mithras cult was wide-spread (see Nos. 1487ff.). He commanded the Legio III Augusta during A.D. 183–185 (L. Leschi in BATH 1934–1935, 157, 356f). About his career and about his wife Ulpia Aristonica: CRAI 1954, 273 n. 2 and 275f. As commander of the Legio XIII Gemina…