Milestone of Maximinus Thrax

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Imp(erator) Caesa(r) / C(aius) Iul(ius) Verus / [[Maximinus]] p(ius) f(elix) / Aug(ustus), Germ(anicus), Sarm(aticus), / Dac(icus) max(imus), et C(aius) / Iul(ius) Verus / M[[axim]]us, / nobiliss(imus) / Caes(ar). / M(ilia) p(assuum) / IIIXX.
“The Emperor Caesar Caius Iulius Verus Maximinus, pious, happy, August, conquerer of the Germans, conqueror of the Sarmatians, very great conquerer of the Dacians, and Caius Iulius Verus Maximus, very noble Caesar.  23 thousand paces.”

On roads, milestones indicated in Roman miles (1482 m) the distance to the administrative capital city.  The 23 miles correspond to the 34 km separating Vienne from the discovery site, which was therefore in Vienne territory.  They also honoured the emperors; in this case Maximinus Thrax (“the Thracian”) and his son Maximus.  Assassinated in 238, their memory was condemned and their names obliterated.