Altar of Titullus from Rudchester

The New Mithraeum

29 May 2026

Inscription from the Mithraeum at Vindobala (modern Rudchester).

Deo invicto / Mytrae P. Ael(ius) Ti[t]ullus prae(fectus) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).

Altar in sandstone (H. 1.08 Br. 0.50 D. 0.46).

Read: Titullus. E. Birley suspects he was of the Provincia Aquitanica. He was praefectus of a cohort. Third century.

Deo invicto / Mytrae P. Ael(ius) Ti[t]ullus prae(fectus) / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).

To the invincible god Mithras, Publius Aelius Titullus, prefect, fulfilled his vow willingly, gladly, and deservedly.

Gillam–MacIvor, 203; 211 and fig. 6.

Related monuments

Dedication from the Mithraeum of Rudchester recording the restoration of a temple dedicated to Sol Invictus.

Fragmentary inscription from Vindobala preserving a rare dedication to “Sol Apollo Anicetus” within a Mithraic context on Hadrian’s Wall.

Sandstone altar from the Mithraeum of Vindobala bearing a dedication to Sol Invictus and Mithras by the prefect Aponius Rogatianus.