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Camulus or Camulos is a Celts deity who was identified with Mars via interpretatio romana. Camulus was an important god of Roman Britain and Gaul, especially among the Belgae and the Remi, Gaulish tribes that originate from the areas of modern day Belgium, Luxembourg, Northern France and parts of Germany and the Netherlands.
Camulus is named in combination with Mars in inscriptions coming from Reims, ILTG 351; AE 1935, 00064 In honorem / 3 Martis Camuli / Iucundiniu[s / Laurentium Lavinatium l(ibens) m(erito) Kruishoutem, AE 1992, 01244 : Deo Marti Camulo / Verecundus Fructi / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito) Rindern, CIL 13 8701 : Marti Camulo / sacrum pro / salute Neronis <<Tiberii>> / Claudi Caesaris / Aug(usti) Germanici Imp(eratoris) / cives Remi qui / templum constitu/erunt Mainz, CIL 13 11818 : Marti / Camulo / sacrum / oni f(ilius) / d(onum) d(edit) Bar Hill Fort near the Antonine Wall, CIL 7 1103 : Deo Mar(ti) / Camulo / milites coh(ortis) I / Hamiorum / 2CIV1SC2 / 2IVI3 Sarmizegetusa, AE 1998, 01100 : Invicto / Mithrae / Marti Camulo / Mercurio / Rosmertae / Q(uintus) Axius Aeli/anus v(ir) e(gregius) / proc(urator) Augg(ustorum) / Ioni(us) and Southwark. AE 2002, 882: Num(inibus) Augg(ustorum) / deo Marti Ca/mulo Tiberini/us Celerianus / c(ivis) Bell(ovacus) / moritix / Londiniensi/um / primus 3 / 3VA[
The town Camulodunum (now Colchester) in Essex may have been named after him (and is the conjectured basis for the legendary city of Camelot). Camulodunum is a Latinised form of the Brittonic Camulodūnon from Camulos plus dūnon "(hill)fort, stronghold", a reference to the town's extensive Iron Age earthwork defences.
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