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See also:NEPTUNE (See also:Lat. NEPTUNUS) , an See also:Italian See also:god, of unknown origin and meaning, paired with Salacia, possibly the goddess of the See also:salt See also:water . At an See also:early date (J99 B.C.) he was identified with the See also:Greek See also:Poseidon (q.v.), when the Sibylline books ordered a See also:lectisternium in his See also:honour (See also:Livy v . 13) . His festival, Neptunalia, at which tents were made from the branches of trees, was celebrated on the 23rd of See also:July, and his See also:temple, containing a famous marine See also:group by See also:Scopas, stood near the See also:Circus See also:Flaminius . In earlier times it was the god Fortunus who was thanked for See also:naval victories; but Sextus Pompeius called himself son of See also:Neptune, and See also:Agrippa dedicated to Neptune a temple (See also:Basilica Neptuni) in the Campus Martins in honour of the naval victory of See also:Actium . |
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