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Inscriptions of Valerius Maximianus at Lambaesis
These twin inscriptions found in the Mithraeum of Tazoult were dedicated by the legate Marcus Valerius Maximianus.
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9 Feb 2022
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Deo in/victo / Mithrae / sac(rum) / M. Val(erius) Maximianus / leg(atus) aug(usti) pr(o)pr(aetore).
These twin inscriptions were found in Lambaesis. The first one on an altar found in 1914 near the Capitol. The second was found in 1951 two metres in front of the Mithraeum absis. The name Sol was later written in red paint on the second one.
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
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