Biography
of Aelius Maximus
- Aelius Maximus was a Miles.
- Active in Potaissa, Dacia superior (Dacia).
- He served in the Legio V Macedonica.
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.
Mentions
Tauroctony of Aelius Maximus of Turda
This small relief of Mithras killing the bull was found in 1859 in Turda, in the Cluj region of Romania.
TNMM 668
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].