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Celsianus

Actuarius and notarius, Celsianus dedicated an altar to Sol Mithras for the health of two illustrious men.

  • Plan of the Mithraeum of Lambèse

    Plan of the Mithraeum of Lambèse
    Marcel Le Glay 

Biography
of Celsianus

TNMP 271

Act(uarius) and not(arius), presumably from the legate’s officium, Celsianus offered a votum for the salvation and preservation of the legate C. Fabius Fabianus Vetilius Lucilianus.

This character is known from other African texts. Pallu de Lessert placed him in the reign of Alexander Severus, without giving any further details, because the 3rd legion was called Severiana. M. Birley makes him the successor of P. Julius Junianus Martialianus, legate and consul in Numidia between 227 and 230, and the predecessor of Cn. Petronius Probatus Junior Justus, legate of Numidia from 232 to 235.

As for the aduarii or actarii and the notarii, they were secretaries responsible for keeping the records in the governor’s officium. Both are attested at Lambèse. The former, who kept the acta, i.e. the legion’s registers, also played an important role as dispensers in the service of the military annone.

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Altar by Celsianus from Lambaesis

TNMM 781

This altar found in Lambèse, now Tazoult, Algeria, bears the inscription of a certain Celsianus for the health of two men to the god Sol Unconquered Mithras.

Deo Soli / Invicto / Mithr(a)e / pro salute et / incolumitate / C(ai) Fabi Fabiani / Vetili Luciliani / leg(ati) Aug(usti) pr(o) pr(aetore) c(larissimi) v(iri) / Celsianus act(or) et not(arius) v(otum) l(ibens) a(nimo).
To the god Sol Unconquered Mithras, for the health and safety of Gaius Fabius Fabianus and Vetilius Lucilianus, legates of the Augustus with praetorian rank, most illustrious men, Celsianus, agent and notary, willingly and gladly made this vow.

Mithraeum of Lambaesis

TNMM 101

The Mithraeum of Tazoult / Lambèse is one of the best preserved Mithras’s temples in Africa.

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