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Although "virtus" and "virtue" are related concepts, virtus for the Roman did not necessarily emphasize the behavior that the associations of the present-day English term "virtue" suggest. Virtus was to be found in "outstanding deeds" (egregia facinora), and brave deeds were the accomplishments that brought gloria ("a reputation").
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]
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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]
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and "bedrock of relations between people and their communities", [5] and then it was turned into a Roman deity and from which we gain the English word, 'fidelity'. [ 6 ] Under the name Fides Publica Populi Romani ("Public Trust of the Roman People"), [ 7 ] she may be exemplified in Marcus Atilius Regulus , "who refuses to save himself at the ...
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