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Monumentum

Inscriptions of Valerius Maximianus at Lambaesis

These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.
 
The New Mithraeum
9 Feb 2022
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 505 ↔ CIMRM 137

Inscription, found near the Capitol.

Deo in/victo / Mithrae / sac(rum) / M. Val(erius) Maximianus / leg(atus) aug(usti) pr(o)pr(aetore).

During the reign of Commodus (180-192). M. Leglay in Fasti V, 1952, No 4505 mentions the find of a Mithraeum: "Non loin du Capitole de la ville antique au Sud-Est du temple d’Esculape, R. Godet a decouvert un mithraeum qui mesure 16.40 sur 8.25 m. Orienté d’Ouest en Est, il a son entre a l’Ouest; Ie côté Est comporte une niche. Le plan interieur est Ie plan courant : une allée centrale large de plus de 3m., flanquée de deux banquettes larges de 2 m. et hautes d’environ 0.80. On accede a la niche du fond par un escalier de 5 marches, accole a la banquette Sud. Des traces d’enduit peint ont ete relevees, et plusieures inscriptions retrouvées du côte de la niche: dédicaces a Mithra par des personnages officiels."

Cf. Ann. Ep. 1906, 374 No 8: [deo invicto] Mithrae/[pro salute C(aii)] Iuli Veri M[a/ximi aug(usti) no]bilissimi Caes(aris).

CIMRM II 137

R. Cagnat in BATH 1915, CLXVII.

L.H. 0.05.

Ma/ximianus

Main inscription

Deo in/victo / Mithrae / sac[rum] / M. Val[erius] Maximianus / leg[atus] aug[usti] pr[o]pr[aetore].
Sacred to the unconquered god Mithras, (set up) by Marcus Valerius Maximianus, imperial legate with praetorian authority.

References

Ann. Ep. 1915, No. 28.

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