Sacellum

The sa'cellum (Latin, plural: the sa'cella ) is the diminutive of sacrum = sacred object or place victims. It is in Roman antiquity, a small square or round and closed place, consecrated by Festus without a roof, a deity and with altar. Such shrines are often built by private individuals on their possessions in honor of some favorite deity, also of Roman officials on behalf of the state in public places.

In Gellius 7 (6 ), 12 the term must sacellum serve for a failed etymological explanation of a certain Trebatius. This 've religionibus claims in his book De, it is a composite of the words sacra ( sacred ) and cella ( chamber, cell).

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  • Roman religion
  • Place of worship
Sextus Pompeius Festus Aulus Gellius Trebatius Testa Wallace Lindsay
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