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Turiacus

Turiacus is a deity, presumably Lusitanian, known from a single Roman dedicatory inscription from Santo Tirso in Portugal. The inscription reads:

<small>L VALERIVS SILVANVS / MILES LEG / VI VICT / [DE]O TVRIACO V S L M</small>

A dedication to Turiacus by Lucius Valerius Silvanus of the VI Roman Legion "Victrix". No other inscription references the deity, but attempts have been made to link the name with proto-Celtic *torko- (Irish torc, Welsh twrch) meaning a wild boar, as well as with imaginary Irish words supposedly meaning a fort or a king.

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