Altar of Hilarus and Epictetus from Töltschach

Altar from Töltschach am Zollfeld, Noricum, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the Augustus in honour of the Domus Divina by Hilarus, imperial freedman and tabularius patrimonii regni Norici, and Epictetus, imperial arkarius, who restored a collapsed temple with paintings at their own expense.

The New Mithraeum

27 May 2026

Altar found at Töltschach am Zollfelde in the 17th century.CIL III 4800; MMM II No. 405.Pro salute Aug(usti) / in honorem d(omus) d(ivinae) Soli / invicto Mythr(ae) Hilaru[s] / Aug(usti) lib(ertus) tab(ularius) p(atrimonii?) r(egni) N(orici) / et Epictetus / ark(arius) Aug(usti) n(ostri) tem(plum) vetustate conl[ap]s(um) / sumptu suo cum pictura refe[c(erunt)] / imp(eratore) d(omino) n(ostro) Gordiano Aug(usto) et Aviola c[o(n)s(ulibus)] / sacerdot(e) Licin(io) Marcello pat/re sac(rorum)? / Dedicatum VII kalendas Iulias Q. Viv....For Hilarus cf. Waggendorf No. 1444. 239 A.D.

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