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List of Gods : "Domitian" - 3 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
Goddess name "Fortuna"	Roman	Goddess of good fortune. A deity who particularly appealed to women, partly in an oracular context. She is depicted carrying a globe, rudder and cornucopiae. She probably evolved from the model of the Greek goddess TYCHE. Her main symbol is the wheel of fate which she may stand upon and Renaissance artists tended to depict her thus. Among her more celebrated sanctuaries in Rome, the temple of Fortuna Redux was built by Domitian to celebrate his victories in Germany. She is depicted in a well-known stone carving in Gloucester Museum, England, holding her three main attributes....
"Ganna"	Celtic	A Celtic prophetess, who succeeded Velleda. She went to Rome, and was received by Domitian with great honours.
"Ocellatae"	Greek	Sisters and vestal virgins, to whom the emperor, Domitian, gave the choice of the mode of their death, when they were proved to have been unfaithful to their vow of chastity. Greek

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