Monumentum
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.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
TNMM 1266 ↔ CIMRM 840
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.'
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
