Arubianus

Arubianus or Arubinus was a Celtic god known only through inscriptions from the Roman province of Noricum .

The name is interpreted as the Celtic for "plowman" or "god of the plowed field". Sometimes he is also believed to be the local god of the Roman-Celtic settlement Arrubium ( Măcin , Romania ), although his followers must have spread his cult to other areas.

In Roman times, Arubianus was identified with the god Jupiter , so that it may have been a sky god or father of gods. On the other hand, Jupiter was also the patron god of the Roman settlements, so that the equation can also apply to a local deity.

Inscriptions

• CIL 3, 05185 = Ubi Erat Lupa No. 4897
• CIL 3, 05532 = Ubi Erat Lupa No. 9101
• CIL 3, 05443a = Ubi Erat Lupa No. 6114
• CIL 3, 05575 = Ubi Erat Lupa No. 6716
• CIL 3, 05580 = Ubi Erat Lupa No. 6713

literature

• Max Him : Arubianus. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 1486 f. ( Full text ).
• Marjeta Šašel Kos: Pre-Roman Divinities of the Eastern Alps and Adriatic. Narodni Muzej Slovenije, Ljubljana 1999, pp. 142-144.