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Inscription of L. Sentius Castus of the Sixth Legion from the Rudchester Mithraeum

The inscription on the decorated altar No. 839 from the Mithraeum at Vindobala (modern Rudchester), recording a gift to the Deity by L. Sentius Castus, a soldier of the Sixth Legion.

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Inscription on the altar No. 839 from the Mithraeum at Vindobala (modern Rudchester).Deo / L. Sentius / Castus / leg(ionis) VI d(onum) p(osuit).

CIMRM II 840
E. Birley in Gillam–MacIvor, 213.Deo / L. Sentius / Castus / (centurio) leg(ionis) VI d(ono) p(osuit).'If I were to express a personal preference, it would be to assign an African origin to the centurion.'

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