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# Serpent Stone from the Roman town of Alauna in Britain, with Celtic and Roman symbols
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/dobroe-utro/
- Published: 2022-10-23T06:31:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:05:55.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Observations, Ethnography, Humour

Good morning! Here is the so-called Serpent Stone from the Roman civilian settlement of Alauna in Britain. The meeting of Celtic traditional beliefs and Roman symbolism looks for all the world like Aesculapius' serpent that has failed to coil itself around a phallus of considerable girth. Such stones may have been set up as defensive elements beside significant burials.