The Castor and Pollux group (also known as the San Ildefonso Group, after San Ildefonso in Segovia, Spain, the location of the palace of La Granja at which it was kept until 1839) is an ancient Roman sculptural group of the 1st century AD, considered one of the most outstanding examples...
in Latin as the Castores, Castor and Pollux. One of the first monumental structures in the Roman Forum was a temple dedicated to the twins in the early fifth century BC after they brought victory to the dictator A. Postumius at the battle of Lake Regillus in 484 BC. The temple was ...