Votive Altar Dedicated to Hercules Saxanus

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Geoffrey Marchal
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published on 09 July 2018

A Roman votive altar dedicated to Hecule Saxanus. Norroy (France, department of Meurthe-et-Moselle). Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Made with ReMake and ReCap pro from Autodesk.

The inscription reads:
To Hercules Saxanus and the Emperors Vespasian Augustus and Titus and Domitian Caesar, M (arcus) Vibius Martialis, centurion of the 10th legion Gemina and the soldiers of the detachment of that same legion who served under his command, acceded their wishes willingly and rightly.

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Marchal, G. (2018, July 09). Votive Altar Dedicated to Hercules Saxanus. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/222/votive-altar-dedicated-to-hercules-saxanus/

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