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Carsulae

Carsulae was a Roman municipium in the region of Umbria, now preserved as an archaeological site, about 4 km north of the small town of San Gemini. Its foundation dates back to 220 BC with the construction of the Via Flaminia.

Mithraic monuments of Carsulae

 

Inscription on a leonteum of Umbria

This plaque from Carsulae, in Umbria, refers to the creation of a leonteum erected by the lions at their own expense.

 

Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae

Marble plaque with inscription of a sacerdos probatus to Sol and the god Invictus Mithras.

 

Mitreo di Carsulae

Epigraphic monuments reveal the presence of a Mithraeum in the ancient municiple of Carsulae, in Umbria.

Inscriptions from Carsulae

Inscription on a leonteum of Umbria

Leonteum cum signo et cetero cultu exornatum / ex permissu sanctissimi ordinis ex pec[unia] sua / a solo fecerunt leones, consummati ab Egnatio Re/parato sacerdote legit[imo] et collatore, T[itus] Lepidius Ho/norinus Alexander et Amicus circ[itores] Aug[usti] n[ostri], L[ucii duo] Vicri[i] Severus / et Speratus, T[itus] Satronius Sabinianus, P[ublius] Vatinius Tustus, L[ucius] Tulius / Felix, L[ucius] Longinius Stachys faber de [sestertiis quinque] m[ilibus] n[ummum]. L[ocus] d[atus] d[ecurionum] d[ecreto].
The leonteum, adorned with a statue and other cultic elements, with the permission of the most sacred municipal ordo, the Lions erected it at their own expense from the ground, they who were initiated [consummati] by Egnatius Reparatus, legitimate priest [legitimus] and contributor: Titus Lepidius Honorinus, Alexander and Amicus, imperial [slaves], guardians, the two Lucii Vicrii, Severus and Speratus, Titus Satronius Sabinianus, Publius Vatinius Iustus, Lucius Tulius Felix, Lucius Longinius Stachys, craftsman, for a sum of 5,000 sesterces. Location given by decree of the decurions.

Inscription on restauration of the Mitreo de Carsulae

Soli et invicto [deo Mithrae]. / Ex permissu san[ctissimi] / ordinis dec[ur[ionum]] / Sex[tus] Egnatius Primitivus / sacerdos probatus sevir / Aug[ustalis] Casuenti et Carsulis, / q[uaestor] arcae Aug[ustalium] designat[us] / spelaeum vi motu terrae di/ruptum ex suo omni inpen/sa refecit.
To Sol and the invincible [god] [Mithras]. With the permission of the [most] sacred order of decurions, Sextus Egnatius Primitivus, approved priest [sacerdos probatus], Augustal serf at Casuentum et Carsulae, appointed quaestor of the Augustus treasury, has restored the crypt destroyed after an earthquake, entirely at his own expense.

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