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Aelius Maximus

Aelius Maximus identifies himself as a soldier of the Legio V Macedonica on a relief found in ancient Potaissa.

  • Tauroctony of Aelius Maximus of Turda

    Tauroctony of Aelius Maximus of Turda
    EDCS 

Biography
of Aelius Maximus

TNMP 236

Aelius Maximus dedicated a small relief of Mithras killing the bull, surrounded by several scenes of the solar god. The monument bears an inscription identifying him as a soldier of the Legio V Macedonica.

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Tauroctony from Aelius Maximus of Turda

TNMM 668

This small relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 1859 in Turda, in the Cluj region of Romania.

Ael[ius] Maximus miles / leg[ionis] V Mac[edonicae] v[otum] s[olvit] l[ibens] p[osuit].
Aelius Maximus, soldier of the Legio V Macedonica, willingly fulfilled his vow and placed [this].
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