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CIMRM 709 - Altar of Ulbius Gaianus, praefectus vehiculorum. Milan, Italy.

For #EpigraphyTuesday, a dedication to #Mithras by Ulbius Gaianus, a praefectus vehiculorum, an official overseeing the cursus publicus, the state courier service! From the 2nd century CE. In the Civico Museo Archeologico in #Milan

CIMRM entry

709

Ara reperta anno 1869 in moenibus antiquis ibi ubi fuit turris S. Agathae, via Monte di Pieta.

CIL V.5797; MMM II No. 217.

Invicto / patrio / Ulb(ius) Gaianus / praef(ectus) vehic(ulorum).

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