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Romans buried traces of lightning strikes for the god Summanus, a 1,900-year-old inscription reveals

A marble inscription found at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli records a Roman belief about lightning and the night sky. Archaeologists uncovered the inscription during excavations in an area known as the Amphitheater. The inscription reads “FVLGVR SVBMANIVM,” a phrase referring to a lightning strike linked to Summanus...

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Romans buried traces of lightning strikes for the god Summanus, a 1,900-year-old inscription reveals A marble inscription found at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli records a Roman belief about lightning and the night sky. Archaeologists uncovered the inscription during excavations in an area known as the Amphitheater. The inscription reads “FVLGVR SVBMANIVM,” a phrase referring to a lightning strike linked to Summanus, the Roman god of night lightning.
Romans buried traces of lightning strikes for the god Summanus, a 1,900-year-old inscription reveals A marble inscription found at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli records a Roman belief about lightning and the night sky. Archaeologists uncovered the inscription during excavations in an area known as the Amphitheater. The inscription reads “FVLGVR SVBMANIVM,” a phrase referring to a lightning strike linked to Summanus, the Roman god of night lightning.
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