Loucetios

Leucetius or ( younger) Loucetius ( gall. Loucetios, Leucetios ) was a Celtic (medical and / or war) god who was equated by the interpretatio romana with the Roman god of war, Mars. The name is "light shine " from the Celtic word for derived; the alternation between / eu / and / ou / is quite common. Another link would be to the Old Irish LOCHET ( poetic for " lightning " ) is possible; as would a transfer of the Italian Jupiter - Lucetius epithet in question.

Worship

Leucetius was particularly revered by the Aresaken, a part of the tribe Treverians, and the Vangiones. Together with Nemetona he had in Mainz ( Mogontiacum, Roman province Germania superior) a temple in the area of ​​Aresaken. A second temple of the divine couple was in Trier (Augusta Treverorum ). From the tribal area of Treverians still several Loucetius dedicated dedicatory inscriptions (all in the province of Germania superior) come from: Ober-Olm, Worms ( Borbetomagus ) Grosskrotzenburg, Wiesbaden- stone woman, Strasbourg ( Argentorate ). An inscription from Bath ( Aquae Sulis ) in England, which was dedicated to the divine couple, was donated by a Treverians. As a partner here the goddess Nemetona is called.