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This image is a fictional historical visualization. No authentic portrait of Aurelius Nectoreca is known to survive.
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Aurelius Nectoreca

Breton centurion stationed in Volubilis, Mauretania Tingitana, known for his loyalty to Mithras and Commodus.

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Biography
of Aurelius Nectoreca

Aurelius Nectoreca dedicated two inscriptions in Volubilis, Mauretania Tingitana, today Meknès, Morocco. He was a centurion of the vexillation of the Brittones (= Bretons), contrary to M. Christol who suggests Brittanniciani, i.e. soldiers belonging to the army of Brittany.
Une uexillatio britt(onum) se trouve à Volubilis sous Commode : Aurelius Nectoreca, centurion de la uexillatio brittonum uolubili agentium a laissé deux dédicaces l'une à Mithra, l'autre en l'honneur de Commode en 191 ou 192. Il s'agit sans doute des mêmes Bretons que ceux de Tamuda, et donc d'un détachement de cavalerie…

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