Erastus
A companion of Paul at Ephesus, who was sent by him along with Timothy into Macedonia (Acts 19:22). Corinth was his usual place of abode (2 Tim. 4:20); but probably he may have been the same as the preceding.
Events
Mentioned in
Acts 19
Romans 16
2 Timothy 4
Unearthed
The Erastus pavement at CorinthDisputed1st century AD
A city official named Erastus held office in Corinth in exactly the period Paul was writing from there and greeting a city official named Erastus.
Corinth: the synagogue lintel and the meat marketConfirmed by the ground1st–3rd century AD
Corinth has a synagogue inscription and an excavated meat market — the two institutions Paul's Corinthian correspondence assumes.