Monumentum
Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan
Marcus Valerius Maximus records in this inscription his knowledge of astrology as well as the name of his wife.
Slab of the astrologer MaximusClauss (2021)
The New Mithraeum
4 Feb 2022
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 494 ↔ CIMRM 708
The Astrologer Marcus Valerius Maximus had this inscription engraved, found in Milan (Mediolanum) and dating from the middle of the 2nd - 3rd century.
CIL V 5893
M[arcus] Valeri[us] / Maximu[s] / sacerdo[s] / d[ei] S[olis] i[nvicti] M[ithrae] / stu[di[osus]] / astrologia[e] / sibi et / Severiae Apr[.] / uxori. / H[oc] m[onumentum] h[eredes] n[on] [s[equetur]].
Marcus Valerius Maximus, priest of the invincible sun god Mithras, scholar of astrology, for himself and his wife Severia Apr[---]. This monument is not part of the heritage.
