Publius Aelius Magnus

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Publius Aelius Magnus (full name form Publius Aelius Publi filius Sergia Magnus ) was a member of the Roman knighthood ( Eques ) living in the 2nd century AD .

A dedicatory inscription found at the Maglona fort and dated 191 shows that Magnus was Prefect of the Ala Augusta ob virtutem appellata , who was stationed in the province of Britannia . Magnus came from Mursa in the province of Pannonia inferior and was enrolled in the Tribus Sergia .

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Individual evidence

  1. Inscription ( RIB 894 ).
  2. John EH Spaul : Ala. The Auxiliary Cavalry Units of the Pre-Diocletianic Imperial Roman Army. Nectoreca Press, Andover 1994, ISBN 0-9525062-0-3 , p. 55.