Syndexios
Appius Claudius Tarronius Dexter
Senator
Entrance to the Crypta Neapolitana.
Armando Mancini
Taurcotonic relief of Naples
Via Tertullian.org
Biography of Appius Claudius Tarronius Dexter
- Appius Claudius Tarronius Dexter was a brother of the Mithraeum of Naples.
- Active circa mid-4th century in Neapoli, Lucania (Italia).
Appius Claudius Tarronius Dexter, senator, is associated with the Flavian Nicomachus family.
Mentions
Tauroctony of Naples
The marble relief of Mithras killing the bull in Naples bears an inscription that calls the solar god omnipotentis.
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).
