Volturnus
Volturnus
Virbius
<catset>Category="Roman gods"</catset><catset>Category="Roman mythology"</catset>In <a href="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a>, <b>Volturnus</b> was a <a href="Gates of Discord">god</a> of the waters, probably derived from a local <a href="Samnium">Samnite</a> <a href="Committee on Culture and Education">cult</a>.<p><right><p><table width=130 style=" background:ivory; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em;"><tr><th align=center colspan=3 style=" background:indianred">Topics in Roman Mythology</th></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><b><a href="Roman mythology">Roman mythology</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><b>Important Gods:</b></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="Jupiter (god)">Jupiter</a><li><a href="Mars (god)">Mars</a><li><a href="Quirinus">Quirinus</a><li><a href="Julius Caesar">Divus Julius</a><li><a href="Caesar Augustus">Divus Augustus</a><li><a href="Juno (mythology)">Juno</a><li><a href="Vesta (mythology)">Vesta</a></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="Minerva">Minerva</a><li><a href="Mercury (mythology)">Mercury</a><li><a href="Vulcan (mythology)">Vulcan</a><li><a href="Ceres (mythology)">Ceres</a><li><a href="Venus (mythology)">Venus</a><li><a href="Diana (goddess)">Diana</a><li><a href="Lares">Lares</a><li><a href="Fortuna (luck)">Fortuna</a></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><b>Legendary History:</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><b><a href="Aeneid">The Aeneid</a></b></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="Aeneas">Aeneas</a><li><a href="Romulus and Remus">Romulus</a></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="Numa Pompilius">Numa</a><li><a href="Roman Kingdom">Early Kings</a></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><b><a href="Roman religion">Roman religion</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="Pontifex Maximus">Pontifex Maximus</a><li><a href="Sacred king">Rex Sacrorum</a><li><a href="Vestal Virgin">Vestal Virgins</a></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="Flamen Dialis">Flamen Dialis</a><li>The <a href="Flamen">Flamens</a><li><a href="Rex Nemorensis">Rex Nemorensis</a><li><a href="Augur">Augurs</a></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><b><a href="Similarities between Roman, Greek, and Etruscan mythologies">Greek/Roman myth compared</a></b></td></tr></table><p></right> His <a href="Festival">Festival</a> was the <a href="Volturnalia">Volturnalia</a> on <a href="August 27">August 27</a>.<p>The <a href="Volturno">Volturnus</a> river in <a href="Campania">Campania</a> is named in his honour.