Loucetios

An altar to Mars Loucetios at The Rhine in the Musée archéologique de Strasbourg.

In Gallo-Roman religion, Loucetios (Latinized as Leucetius) was a Gallic god known from the Rhine-Moselle region, where he was identified with the Roman Mars.[1] Scholars have interpreted his name to mean ‘lightning’.[2] Mars Loucetius was worshipped alongside the goddess Nemetona.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference jufer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Xavier Delamarre (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (2nd ed.). Paris: Editions Errance. p. 199. ISBN 9782877722377.
  3. ^ Edith Mary Wightman (1970). Roman Trier and the Treveri. London, England: Rupert Hart Davis. p. 219.

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