Cossutius
Cossutius was the gentile name of the gens Cossutia , a family of the Roman Empire to which various artists belonged in addition to some mint masters . The gens has been around since the 1st century BC. Chr. Attested and came from the knighthood .
Important representatives were:
- Marcus Cossutius , von Verres excellent lawyer
- Cossutius (architect) , architect under Antiochus IV , builder of the Olympus in Athens
- Marcus Kossutios Kerdon , Greek sculptor, freedman of Cossutius.
- Markos Kossitios from Aphrodisias, Greek sculptor, possibly identical to M. Kossutios Kerdon
- Marcus Cossutius Menelaos , Greek sculptor, supposedly a pupil of Stephanos
- Cossutia , Caesar's temporary fiancée
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel , Andreas Rumpf : Cossutius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 1327 f.