page_title: Lucius Artorius Castus
section_title: Military career according to sources
hierarchical_section_title: Lucius Artorius Castus / Military career according to sources
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing of the Lucius Artorius Castus inscription from Podstrana, as was read (with some minor errors) by professor Fr. Bulic (Conservator of Ancient Monuments in Split, Croatia) in 1887. Français&#160;: Dessin de l'inscription de Lucius Artorius Castus du sarcophage de Podstrana (Croatie) , interprétée (avec quelques petites erreurs) par le professeur Frane Bulić à la fin des années 1880 (source: T. G. Jackson, "Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria", Oxford, 1887, pp. 167)
context_page_description: Lucius Artorius Castus was a Roman military commander. A member of the gens Artoria, he has been suggested as a potential historical basis for King Arthur.
context_section_description: What little is known of Lucius Artorius Castus comes from inscriptions on fragments of a sarcophagus, and a memorial plaque, found in Podstrana, on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia. Although the inscriptions cannot be precisely dated, Castus probably served in the Roman army some time between the mid-late 2nd century AD or early to mid-3rd century AD.
caption: Drawing of the Lucius Artorius Castus inscription from Podstrana, as read (with minor errors) by professor Frane Bulić in the late 1880s (source: T. G. Jackson, "Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria", Oxford, 1887, pp. 167)
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