Kastos (father)
Alias Castus
Together with his son, with whom he shares his name, Kastos has dedicated several monuments in Rome to the glory of Zeus Helios Mithras.
Biography
of Kastos (father)
- Kastos (father) was a syndexios of the Mitreo all'Arco di San Lazzaro.
- Active c. 3rd century in Roma, Latium (Italia).
TNMP 26
In the various inscriptions he has consecrated, found near the Aventine Hill in Rome, not far from the Arch of S. Lazzaro, Kastos mentions Zeus Helios Mithras and includes the other gods who share the temple. He does not forget to name his son, also called Kastos, and indicates that he is a sacred raven.
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.