Monumentum
Note on the Mithraeum at Sentinum and its inscriptions
Evidence for a Mithraeum at Sentinum (modern Sassoferrato) in ancient Umbria, attested by a marble tauroctony group and three inscriptions, with a related mosaic found on the grounds of the Countess of Leuchtenberg and later given to King Louis of Bavaria.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1178 ↔ CIMRM 686
A Mithraeum certainly existed at Sentinum, evidenced by a marble group, three inscriptions, and a mosaic with Mithraic imagery first recorded by Ramelli. The mosaic was later determined to have been discovered on the grounds of the Countess of Leuchtenberg, who gave it as a present to her father, King Louis of Bavaria, in 1826–1827.
The title Sol invictus, common to both Serapis and Mithras, was acknowledged to effect an identification, as confirmed in 1912 by an inscription from the Therms of Caracalla in Rome.
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
