bidental
Sign in to savethumb|upright|A Dionysus|Bacchic Roman [[puteal ("wellhead") of the Neo-Attic style, inspired by Hellenistic art. Relief shows figures a Bacchic procession: a drunk Hercules (in centre) wears the skin of the Nemean lion and carries his olivewood club.]] thumb|right|Bidental Drawing From: The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon In ancient Roman religion, a bidental was a sacred shrine erected on the spot where lightning had struck.
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thumb|upright|A Dionysus|Bacchic Roman [[puteal ("wellhead") of the Neo-Attic style, inspired by Hellenistic art. Relief shows figures a Bacchic procession: a drunk Hercules (in centre) wears the skin of the Nemean lion and carries his olivewood club.]] thumb|right|Bidental Drawing From: The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon In ancient Roman religion, a bidental was a sacred shrine erected on the spot where lightning had struck.
==Creation== Any remains and scorched earth at the spot were to be burned in a hole at the location by priests called "bidentales". Any person killed by the bolt was to be buried in the earth where the lightning hit, as opposed to traditional cremation.