Publius Aelius Fortunatus
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Publius Aelius Fortunatus was a Roman
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 painter.

His name got known due to his epitaph in the city of Rome
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. He was a freedman
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- a libertus - and lived in the 2nd century CE.

Literature

Günther Bröker: Adymos, In: Rainer Vollkommer: Künstlerlexikon der Antike, Nikol, Hamburg 2007, p. 4, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7
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