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Monumentum

Dedication to Sol Invictus from Lambaesis

Limestone slab dedicated to the invincible Sun by the governor Marcus Aurelius Decimus near the temple of Aesculapius.
 
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27 May 2026

TNMM 2033 ↔ CIMRM 138F

Slab of limestone found W. of the temple of Aesculapius (H. 0.44 Br. 1.12 D. 0.27).

BATH 1921, CCXLVII.

L.H. 0.07–0.10.

[Invicto d]eo Soli / [M. Aurelius D]ecimus v(ir) p(erfectissimus) p(raeses) / (pro(vinciae) Numida]e votum solvit / [libens la]etus feliciter.

M. Aurelius Decimus was governor of Numidia in 284–285 (cf. Pallu de Lessert, Fastes I, 454ff).

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