Editing Alaisiagae (section)

=== First inscription ===
One of the votive inscriptions to these goddesses reads:
: DEO MARTI THINCSO ET DVABVS ALAISAGIS BEDE ET FIMMILENE ET N AVG GERM CIVES TVIHANTI VSLM
: "To the god Mars Thincsus and the two Alaisagae, Beda and Fimmilena, and the divine spirit of the emperor, the German tribesmen from Tuihantis willingly and deservedly fulfill their vow."

Mars Thincsus is correlated with the Germanic war-god [[Týr]]. The latter was associated with oath-taking and the [[Thing (assembly)|Thing]], a local assembly of free men. Political issues were discussed, judicial decisions were made, and religious rites were held there.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lincoln|first=Bruce|date=1998|title=Rewriting the German War God: Georges Dumézil, Politics and Scholarship in the Late 1930s|journal=History of Religions|volume=37|issue=3|pages=187–208|doi=10.1086/463502 |jstor=3176605|s2cid=153810415 }}</ref> Scherer suggests that they came from the district of Twenthe (hence, the mention to "''cives Tvihantis''") in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIB 1593. Altar dedicated to Mars Thincsus, the Alaisiagae, and the Divinity of the Emperor|url=https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/1593|website=Roman Inscriptions of Britain}}</ref>