Aulus Postumius - Aulus Postumius

Japanese: アウルス・ポストゥミウス - あうるすぽすとぅみうす
Aulus Postumius - Aulus Postumius

...In later legends, the twins ascended to the heavens and became the stars of the constellation Gemini, and the light that appeared on the tip of a ship's mast on a stormy night (a discharge phenomenon called St. Elmo's Fire) was believed to be the appearance of the twins, the patron deities of sailors. In Rome, when the Romans fought the Latini at Lake Regillus in 496 BC, it was believed that the twins sided with the Roman army, and during the battle, the dictator Aulus Postumius dedicated a temple to them. This temple was built opposite the Temple of Vesta in the Forum of Rome (three columns still remain), and the twins were highly revered as the patron deities of Roman knights. ...

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Japanese:

…また後代の伝承では,2人は天に上って双子座の星になったとされ,嵐の夜,船の帆柱の先端に現れる光(〈セント・エルモの火〉と呼ばれる放電現象)は,船乗りの守護神たる彼らの出現と信じられた。 ローマでは,前496年,ローマ人がラティニ族とレギルス湖畔で戦ったおり,双子神がローマ軍の味方をしたと信じられ,戦闘の最中に,時の独裁官アウルス・ポストゥミウスAulus Postumiusが神殿の奉献を誓った。この神殿はローマ市のフォルムのウェスタ神殿の向いに建造され(3本の柱が現存),双子神はローマ騎士の守護神としてあつくあがめられた。…

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