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Titulus

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Titulus, the Latin word for "title", "label" or "inscription" (plural tituli, normally italicized), may or may not be italicized as a foreign word, and may refer to:

  • Titulus, or Titular church, one of a group of Early Christian churches around the edges of Rome
  • Titulus (inscription), a caption, title or other inscription, especially an Ancient Roman type, and a "caption" name in an artwork
  • Titulus (fortification) a detached segment of rampart, covering the gateways of some early Imperial Roman military camps

See also

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  • Titulus Crucis, a claimed relic of the INRI inscription on the cross of Jesus
  • Titulus pictus, amphorae inscriptions
  • Titulus Regius or Titulus Regis, literally the royal title, the name of a parliamentary decree giving Richard III the throne