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Gaius Maesius Tertius

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Gaius Maesius Tertius (c. 1st century – c. 2nd century) was a Roman civil servant and officer active at the beginning of the 2nd century AD. According to a military diploma issued on 14 October 109 found in Valentia Banasa in the Mauritania Tingitana province in year 109 AD he was praefectus (commander) of the ala I Hamiorum sagittariorum.[1] In 113 AD he was subpraefectus vigilum in Rome (the first person known serving under this office).[2] Tertius was inscribed in the Tribe Palatina.[3]

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  1. ^ CIL XVI, 161
  2. ^ CIL VI, 221
  3. ^ Hans-Georg Pflaum: Les carrières, Nr. 78, p. 174–175.