Divinazione e culto di Rath/Apollo a Caere (a proposito del santuario in loc. S. Antonio)

Departing from G. Bevilacqua's publication of the magic nail from Caere, its function is identified as a component of an oracular device similar to that documented by a find in Pergamon at the end of the nineteenth century. Since it is certain that the provenance is the sanctuary at S. Antonio, the available data on the cults of that important sanctuary are re-examined, with the conclusion that in addition to Hercules and Turms, the Apollonian god Rath was worshipped there. It is therefore proposed to identify the sanctuary with the Caeretan oracle mentioned by Livy and by Sidonius Apollinaris.