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Part of virtus, in the political sphere, was to deal justly in every aspect of one's life, especially in political and state matters. [18] According to Brett and Kate McKay, the Roman identity exists in a paradigm [clarification needed]; Rome was a contest culture and honor culture. Romans believed "your identity was neither fixed nor permanent ...
Gallic coin featuring Virtus U.S. Continental currency Virginia four-dollar note of 1776 (obverse) with Virtus at the left. In ancient Roman religion, Virtus (Latin pronunciation: [ˈwɪrtuːs̠]) was the deity of bravery and military strength, the personification of the Roman virtue of virtus. The Greek equivalent deity was Arete. [1]
In the Italian language, the term virtù is historically related to the Greek concept of aretḗ, the Latin virtus, and medieval Catholic virtues, e.g. the seven virtues. Thus, Machiavelli's use of the term is linked to the concept of virtue ethics .
The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. The Romance languages have more than 700 million native speakers worldwide, mainly in the Americas , Europe , and Africa , as well as in many smaller regions scattered through the world.
Virtus repulsae nescia sordidae Intaminatis fulget honoribus, Nec sumit aut ponit securis Arbitrio popularis aurae. was translated by Conington [3] as: True Virtue never knows defeat: Her robes she keeps unsullied still; Nor take, nor quits, her curule seat, To please a people's veering will.
Aeneas, depicted here with Venus, was considered the embodiment of gravitas, pietas, dignitas, and virtus. [4]Gravitas was one of the virtues that allowed citizens, particularly statesmen, to embody the concept of romanitas, [5] which denotes what it meant to be Roman and how Romans regarded themselves, eventually evolving into a national character. [6]
In Roman mythology, Veritas (Classical Latin: [ˈweː.rɪ.t̪aːs]), meaning Truth, is the Goddess of Truth, a daughter of Saturn (called Cronus by the Greeks, the Titan of Time, perhaps first by Plutarch) and the mother of Virtus. She is also sometimes considered the daughter of Jupiter (called Zeus by the Greeks), [1] or a creation of Prometheus.
Fides (Latin: Fidēs) was the goddess of trust, faithfulness, and good faith in ancient Roman religion. [1] [2] Fides was one of the original virtues to be cultivated as a divinity with ceremonies and temples. [3] Fides Publica holding a cornucopia and extending a libation bowl on the reverse of a dupondius issued by Vespasian 77–78 AD