Roman mythology Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore. "Roman mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to th ...

, Clitumnus (; ) was a son of

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and Tethys. He was the god of the Clitunno River in

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. Reference to Clitumnus is best attested in Pliny the Younger "Letters" 8.8: "Hard by is an ancient and sacred temple, where stands Jupiter Clitumnus himself clad and adorned with a toga praetexta, and the oracular responses delivered there prove that the deity dwells within and foretells the future." The Roman Emperor

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visited the sacred grove prior to his invasion of Germany, presumably to consult the oracle of Clitumnus.

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