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Caturix was the war god of the Helvetii. Caturix became known as ''Mars Caturix'' in Gallo-Roman religion by interpretation as Mars. The Gaulish name ''catu-rix'' means "battle-lord". There was a temple dedicated to Mars Caturix in Aventicum, the capital of Roman ''Helvetia'', another one in Nonfoux, Essertines-sur-Yverdon Five dedicatory inscriptions to Caturix were found in the area settled by the Helvetii, all of them close to Avenches (Aventicum) and Yverdon (Eburodunum). A sixth inscription has been found in isolation in Böckingen, Heilbronn, Germany. The Gallic tribe of the Caturiges, settling in the area of modern Chorges (< *''Caturigumagus'') was apparently named after the god. The capital of the Caturiges was called ''Eburodunum'' (modern Embrun), i.e. the same name as that of Yverdon, suggesting a close relationship between the ''Caturiges'' and the ''Helvetii''. Other names (epitheta) of Caturix may have been ''Cicollus'' and ''Caisivus''. ''Caturix'' has itself been interpreted as originating as an epithet of Toutatis. *Riaz : HM 181 : …]ATVRIG[… *Nonfoux : HM 164 : MARTI CATVRIGI … TEMPLVM A NOVO IN[ST]ITVIT *Pomy: HM 165: : MARTI CATVR SACR … *Yverdon: HM 172 : MARTI CATVRICI ET APOLLINI … *Avenches: HM 222: MARTI CATVR …. *Avenches: HM221 : MART CAISIV … *Böckingen: : IOM ET MARTI CATVRIGI GENIO LOCI … ==References == *(Gerold Walser: ''Römische Inschriftkunst'', Franz Steiner Verlag, 1993, ISBN 9783515060653, S. 70. ) *Bernhard Maier: ''Lexikon der keltischen Religion und Kultur''; Kröner, Stuttgart (1994). ISBN 3-520-46601-5 * Ernst Howald, Ernst Meier: ''Die römische Schweiz''; Zürich (1940). Category:War gods Category:Helvetii 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caturix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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