Brothers active in Neapoli
Mithraic monuments of Neapoli
Mithraeum of Naples
The Mitreo della crypta neapolitana was used a des legends about its use, from a cult place devoted to Priapus to celebrate Aphrodite.
Tauroctony of Naples
The marble relief of Mithras killing the bull in Naples bears an inscription that calls the solar god omnipotentis.
CIMRM 174
Inscriptions of Neapoli
Omnipotenti Deo Mithrae Appius / Claudius Tarronius Dexter v(ir) c(larissimus) dicat.
To the almighty god Mithras, Appius Claudius Tarronius Dexter, senator, dedicates (this relief).
References
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Tauroctony of Naples in EDCS
- Vittoria Canciani (2022) Archaeological Evidence of the Cult of Mithras in Ancient Italy