Nemausus
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Nemausus was the local patron god of the Gallic oppidum of Nemausus, the hill-fort later refounded as a colonia under Roman rule, now Nîmes, France. He seems to have served both as the source personified and therefore the provider of life-giving water, and as its defender. An inscription of the 2nd–3rd century CE places Nemausus next to an instantiation of Jupiter and endows him with Mars-like attributes.
When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 200
- Historical notes
- Cult established no later than the 2nd century BC and continuing in the Roman era.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nemausios, Fons, Urnia, Avicantus, Letinno, Liber, Baal-Hadad, Jupiter Heliopolitanus, Plotina, Heracles, Diana, Apollo, Isis, Minerva, Jupiter, Silvanus, Victoria
- has aspect
- Matres
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“two inscriptions grant Nemausus himself the epithet augustus.”
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