Lateranus

Was, according to Arnobius,1 a divinity protecting the hearths built of bricks (lateres), whence some consider him to be identical with Vulcan.

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References

Notes

  1. Arnobius. Adversus Nationes iv, 6

Sources

  • Hartung, J.A. Die Religion der Römer. Vol. 2, p. 109.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.