Aius Locutius

Aius Locutius is a Roman legend. In 390 BC, the Gauls moved in the direction of Rome, the capital of the Roman Republic. According to Roman folklore, a Roman named Caedicius kept hearing a disembodied nocturnal voice at the base of the Palatine hill in the Forum Romanum. The voice warned Caedicius of the oncoming attack and recommended that the walls of Rome be fortified. The authorities did not believe his story and the Gauls entered the city without difficulty and burned it. The Romans eventually drove the Gauls away. An altar on the site, rediscovered in 1820 (see link), was inscribed with a dedication to that tutelary genius loci, "whether god or goddess" the formula ran, named Aius Locutius or Locutus. Alternative: Loquens

External link

* Rodolfo Lanciani, Pagan and Christian Rome, 1892

 

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