# Clitumnus

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For the Italian river, see [Clitunno](/source/Clitunno).

For the stick insect genus, see [Ramulus](/source/Ramulus).

In [Roman mythology](/source/Roman_mythology), **Clitumnus** (/klᵻˈtʌmnəs/; Latin: *Clītumnus*) was a son of [Oceanus](/source/Oceanus) and [Tethys](/source/Tethys_(mythology)).[citation needed] He was the god of the [Clitunno River](/source/Clitunno_River) in [Umbria](/source/Umbria).

Reference to Clitumnus is best attested in [Pliny the Younger](/source/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](/source/Toga#Varieties), and the oracular responses delivered there prove that the deity dwells within and foretells the future."[1]

The Roman Emperor [Caligula](/source/Caligula) visited the sacred grove prior to his invasion of Germany, presumably to consult the oracle of Clitumnus.[2][3]

## References

1. Pliny & Firth, J.B. (tr.) (1900). [*Letters 8.8*](http://www.attalus.org/old/pliny8.html). Retrieved Mar 21, 2019.

1. Hofmann, Paul (Sep 20, 1998). ["A Fount of Poetic Inspiration"](https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/20/travel/a-fount-of-poetic-inspiration.html). The New York Times. Retrieved Mar 21, 2019.

1. Suetonius. [*Caligula 43*](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Suet.%20Cal.%2043&lang=original). Retrieved Mar 21, 2019.

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