Biography
of Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus
- Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus, probably a freedman, is attested as a Perses.
- Attested at Vasio, Narbonensis, Gallia (TNMM 516).
TNMP 149
Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus is attested at Vasio in Gallia Narbonensis as an initiate of the Mithraic grade of Perses (TNMM 516). He dedicated an altar on the occasion of his initiation, using the unusual expression ob gradum persicum.
On the basis of his name, Chalupa (2023) considers Chrysomallus probably a freedman of Greek origin in the service of the Apronii. The inscription cannot be dated precisely, although the use of the praenomen suggests a date before c. 200 e. c.
References
Attestations
Inscription of Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus from Vaison-la-Romaine
TNMM 516
Lost altar dedicated by Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus on the occasion of his initiation into the Mithraic grade of Perses, the only known inscription explicitly recording admission to this grade.
L. Apronius / Chrysomal/lus / ob gradum per/sicum / dedicavit.
Lucius Apronius Chrysomallus, for his accession to the grade of Persian, dedicated.
