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Altar of Aponius Rogatianus from Rudchester

Sandstone altar from the Mithraeum of Vindobala bearing a dedication to Sol Invictus and Mithras by the prefect Aponius Rogatianus.
 
The New Mithraeum
29 May 2026
Altar in sandstone (H. 1.08 Br. 0.525 D. 0.435). The top has a focus.R. P. Wright in JRS XXXIII, 1943, 37; Gillam–MacIvor, 204, 212 and fig. 8.Soli / Apollini / aniceto / [Mithrae] Apon[i]us Rogat[i]anus [praef(ectus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)].’The cognomen Rogatianus establishes a strong presumption of African origin’ (Birley).

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