Camulus
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Camulus or Camulos (Gaulish: Camulos) was a god of Gaulish and Brittonic religion, generally identified with the Roman god Mars through the interpretatio romana. He is known chiefly from Latin votive inscriptions of the 1st to 3rd centuries AD, found in northern Gaul and the German provinces and as far afield as Britain and Dacia, and his cult was particularly associated with the Remi of the Reims region. The same name is very widely attested as a personal name across the Celtic-speaking world, from Iberia to the Danube, which has prompted debate over its meaning and over whether some attestations name the god or serve as a secular personal name. The element also appears in place-names such as Camulodunum, the pre-Roman name of Colchester, and through it the name has been linked to the later Camelot.
Camulus or Camulos (Gaulish: Camulos) was a god of Gaulish and Brittonic religion, generally identified with the Roman god Mars through the interpretatio romana. He is known chiefly from Latin votive inscriptions of the 1st to 3rd centuries AD, found in northern Gaul and the German provinces and as far afield as Britain and Dacia, and his cult was particularly associated with the Remi of the Reims region. The same name is very widely attested as a personal name across the Celtic-speaking world, from Iberia to the Danube, which has prompted debate over its meaning and over whether some attestations name the god or serve as a secular personal name. The element also appears in place-names such as Camulodunum, the pre-Roman name of Colchester, and through it the name has been linked to the later Camelot.
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