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Loucetios
In Gallo-Roman religion, Loucetios (Latinized as Leucetius) was a Gallic god known from the Rhine-Moselle region, where he was invariably identified with the Roman Mars.〔 Scholars have interpreted his name to mean ‘lightning’.〔 Mars Loucetius was worshipped alongside the goddess Nemetona.
==Inscriptions and shrines==
About a dozen inscriptions in honour of Mars Loucetius have been recovered, mainly from eastern Gaul, with a particular concentration among the Vangiones and Aresaces (two Rhenish tribes). Inscriptions to him have also been found at Bath and Angers;〔 The sites listed for Loucetius/Leucetius are Strasbourg, Worms, Eisenberg, Groß-Gerau, Klein-Winternheim, Frauenstein, Großkrotzenburg, Marienborn, Angers, and Bath.〕 the altar at Bath specifies that it was dedicated by a citizen of the Treveri.〔''RIB'' 1, 140.〕
Inscriptions often invoke Mars Loucetius together with Victoria or Nemetona〔 (or both, in the case of the Eisenberg inscription〔''AE'' 2007, 1044.〕). Edith Mary Wightman considers this pair “closely similar to if not identical with, Lenus and Ancamna”,〔 who are known chiefly from the territory of the Treveri adjacent to those of the Aresaces and Vangiones.
Four of the inscriptions to Mars Loucetius are also dedicated ''IN H(onorem) D(omūs) D(ivinae)'',〔These are the inscriptions at Groß-Gerau (''AE'' 1991, 1272), Großkrotzenburg (''CIL'' XIII: 7412), Worms (''CIL'' XIII: 6221), and Eisenberg (''AE'' 2007, 1044).〕 ‘in honour of the divine house’ (i.e. the imperial family).
Wightman further suggests that the shrine of Mars Loucetius at Klein-Winternheim, south of Mainz, was “a central one for the Aresaces”,〔 the ancient inhabitants of the Mainz-Bingen area.
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