Kastos (son)
Alias Castus
Together with his father, Kastos dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.
Biography
of Kastos (son)
- Kastos (son) was a Corax of the Mitreo all'Arco di San Lazzaro.
- Active c. 3rd century in Roma, Latium (Italia).
TNMP 25
Son of Kastos. He shared with his father the Mithraeum located near the arch of S. Lazzaro, at the foot of the Aventine. He is called Corax in one of the inscriptions found in the area.
Mentions
Inscription of Kastos father and son
TNMM 449
Second Mithraic monument dedicated by the Kastos family, found not far from the Arco di S. Lazzaro, in Rome.
Mitreo all'Arco di San Lazzaro
TNMM 442
Three mithraic monuments were found in 1931, suggesting that a mithraeum probably existed in the area.
Stele of the Arch of San Lazzaro
TNMM 443
This stele found at the foot of the Aventine bears an inscription of Kastos father and son, and mentions several syndexioi who shared the same temple.