Sulis Sulis In localised Celtic polytheism practised in Britain, Sulis was a deity worshipped at the thermal spring of Bath (now in Somerset). She was worshipped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva, whose votive objects and inscribed lead tablets suggest that she was conceived of both as a nourishing, life-giving mother goddess, and as an effective agent of curses wished by her votaries. The exact meaning of the name "Sulis" is still a matter of debate among linguists, but one possibility is "Eye/Vision", cognate with Old Irish "súil" "eye, gap", perhaps derived from a Proto-Celtic word "*sūli-" which may be related
Marius (name) Marius (name) Marius is a male given name, a Roman family name, and a modern surname. The name Marius was used by members of the Roman "gens" Maria. It is thought to be derived from either the Roman war god Mars or from the Latin root "mas" or "maris" meaning "male". It may also derive from the Latin word "mare" meaning "sea", the plural of which is "maria". In Christian times, it was syncretized as a masculine form of the unrelated feminine given name Maria, from the Hebrew Miriam, Aramaic variant Mariam, and used alongside it. Today, the name Marius