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Forty altars to this god are recorded altogether, some alluding to Veteris as a single entity, others to a multiple version, perhaps a triad. Little is known about the specific function or character of the god. Occasionally, there is iconography associated with Veteris: for example, an altar from
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is decorated with images of a boar and snake, the boar indicative of hunting or war and the snake healing or death.
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Veteris' name was never linked with that of any of the Classical gods, but he was invoked with another local god,
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Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, Miranda J. Green, Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1997
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For a definition of the term "veteris", see the Wiktionary entry
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Not to be confused with the northern British Roman fort at
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and altar-stones raised to him have been recovered in the
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veteris
Verteris
Celtic god
Roman Britain
Roman army
Mogons
Netherby
Roman Britain
United Kingdom
Housesteads
Hadrian's Wall
Catterick
Chester-le-Street
South Shields
Lanchester
Ebchester
Corbridge
Benwell
Chesters
Great Chesters
Chesterholm
Carvoran
Carvoran
The Gods of Roman Britain
British Museum
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