In Gallo-Roman religion, Segomo ("victor, mighty one") was a war god worshipped in

Gaul Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...

. In Roman times he was equated with

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...

and

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

. He may be related to

Cocidius In Romano-British religion, Cocidius was a deity worshipped in northern Roman Britain, Britain. The Romans equated him with Mars (mythology), Mars, god of war and hunting, and also with Silvanus (mythology), Silvanus, god of forests, groves and wil ...

, a similar god worshipped in Britain. The name of the legendary

High King of Ireland High King of Ireland ( ) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland. The title was held by historical kings and was later sometimes assigned anachronously or to leg ...

Nia Segamain, which translates as "sister's son or champion of Segamon",'' Dictionary of the Irish Language'' Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, p. 478 may be related.

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