Publius Decius Mus
Lares belonged within the "bounded physical domain" under their protection, and seem to have been as innumerable as the places they protected. Some appear to have had overlapping functions and changes of name. Some have no particular or descriptive name: for example, those invoked along with Mars in the Carmen Arvale are simply "Lases" (an archaic form of "Lares"), whose divine functions must be inferred from the wording and context of the Carmen itself. Likewise, those invoked along with other deities by the consul Publius Decius Mus as an act of "devotio" before his death in battle are simply "Lares". The titles and domains given below cannot, therefore, be taken as exhaustive or definitive.