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Monumentum

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

TNMM 1430 ↔ CIMRM II 842

Altar in sandstone (H. 1.08 Br. 0.525 D. 0.435). The top has a focus.

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).

CIL VII 542

Soli / Apollini / aniceto / [Mithrae] Apon[i]us Rogat[i]anus [praef(ectus) v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)].
To Sol Apollo, the unconquered Mithras, Aponius Rogatianus, prefect, fulfilled his vow willingly and deservedly.

References

R. P. Wright in JRS XXXIII, 1943, 37; Gillam–MacIvor, 204, 212 and fig. 8.

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