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In ancient Roman religion Victoria was the deified personification of victory. She first appeared during the first Punic War, seemingly as a Romanised re-naming of Nike, the goddess of victory associated with Rome's Greek allies in the Greek mainland and in Magna Graecia. Thereafter she comes to symbolise Rome's eventual hegemony and right to rule. She is a deified abstraction, entitled to a cult. But unlike Nike, she has virtually no mythology of her own.
History and iconography
Victoria first appears during the first Punic War, as a translation or renaming of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory in peace or war. Nike would have become familiar to the Roman military as a goddess of Rome's Greek allies in the Punic Wars. She was worshipped in Magna Graecia and mainland Greece, and was a subject of Greek myth. Around this time, various Roman war-deities begin to receive the epithet victor (conqueror) or invictus (unconquered). By the late republican and early imperial eras, Victoria had become a popular civilian and military goddess, both in association with other deities and in her own right. In 294 BC she was given a temple on the Palatine Hill. It was used to store war-booty, and it hosted the Magna Mater's statue while her own temple was under construction. Victoria had several other shrines throughout Rome. In Imperial-era Timgad, victoria victrix (conquering victory) was given credit for Imperial successes.
Victoria's coin images and cult images are probably based on an original cult image used in her temple. Her cult images show her in the attitude of a winged woman who steps forwards, supported on a globe, and holds aloft (or offers) a wreath or a palm-branch, not symbols of war but of triumph, and a peace that was consequent to victory. Other images show her as human-sized, driving a triumphal war-chariot, or in free-standing statuary, standing on the right-hand palm of a much larger figure, typically Rome's supreme god, Jupiter, or war-god Mars, or Roma, divine personification of the Roman state.
The goddess Vica Pota is sometimes identified with Victoria, but is almost certainly too ancient for her iconography to have been influenced by Greek Nike, so is treated as a separate deity. Victoria is one of many Roman deities associated with the Sabine goddess Vacuna.
With the ascendancy of Christianity, Rome's religious affairs and institutions remained under the authority of the ruling emperor as pontifex maximus, whether he was Christian or pagan. On the whole, Senates still respected, or at least allowed the performance of pagan sacrificial rites deemed essential to Rome's well-being, including the sacrifice to Victoria at her Senate-house altar before every meeting. This had been an essential procedure ever since the altar had been given by Octavian, in 29 BC. In 379 the Christian emperor Gratian refused the post of pontifex maximus, and abolished state support of Rome's traditional deities and rites. In 382 he had Victoria's altar removed from her temple at the Curia Julia. They had been removed before, by Constantius II, and had been returned after protest. This time, despite widespread anger and anxietie, shared by officials at the highest level, they were not restored.
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Winged figures, very often in pairs, representing victory and referred to as winged victories, are common in Roman official iconography, typically hovering high in a composition, and often filling spaces in spandrels or other gaps in architecture. These represent the "spirit of victory" rather than a full-blown deity. Pairs of winged victories continued to appear after the Christianization of the Roman Empire and gradually evolved into depictions of Christian angels. A pair, facing inwards, fitted very conveniently into the spandrels of arches, and have been very common in Triumphal arches and similar designs where a circular element is framed by a rectangle.
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Victoria
12 Victoria, asteroid
References
External links
The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (images of Victoria)
Media related to Victoria (goddess) at Wikimedia Commons
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In ancient Roman religion Victoria was the deified personification of victory. She first appeared during the first Punic War, seemingly as a Romanised re-naming of Nike, the goddess of victory associated with Rome's Greek allies in the Greek mainland and in Magna Graecia. Thereafter she comes to symbolise Rome's eventual hegemony and right to rule.
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Victoria, in Roman religion, personification of victory, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike. She was often associated with Jupiter, Mars, and other deities and was especially worshipped by the army. In later times she had three or four sanctuaries at …
Roman Goddess Victoria: The Divine Symbol of Victory in …
The goddess Victoria, or victoria god as she is sometimes referred, holds a significant place in ancient Roman mythology, representing the embodiment of victory and triumph. Delving into her origins and victoria mythology offers valuable insights into Roman culture and beliefs.
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Dec 5, 2019 · During the Roman era, the goddess Nike’s equivalent was the goddess Victoria. Here is a quick look at the origin story, symbols and facts about Nike – the Greek Goddess of Victory. Nike’s Birth in Greek Mythology. Nike, the winged goddess, was born to the Titan Pallas and the nymph Styx.
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Nike was the ancient Greek goddess of victory--victory both in war and in peaceful competition. When Zeus was gathering allies at the start of the Titan War, Styx brought her four children Nike, Zelos, Cratus and Bia into the service of the god.
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Sep 3, 2022 · Victoria is the Roman Goddess of victory. Historically, she was there to reward Roman soldiers who were returning from war. Unlike her Ancient Greek counterpart Nike, Victoria specifically represents victory over death and is to celebrate the winners of war, rather than athletic conquests.
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Victoria in ancient Roman religion was the personified goddess of victory. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike, and was associated with the goddesses Bellona and Roma. She was adapted from the Sabine agricultural goddess Vacuna and had a …
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Victoria was the goddess of victory and glory, the personification of victory. She was adopted from the Sabine goddess of agriculture – Vacuna – and had a temple on the Palatine. Victoria was also sometimes identified with the goddess Vic Pota. Identified with Greek Nike and tied with Bellona.
Victoria (mythology) - Wikiwand
In ancient Roman religion Victoria was the deified personification of victory. She first appeared during the first Punic War, seemingly as a Romanised re-naming of Nike, the goddess of victory associated with Rome's Greek allies in the Greek mainland and in Magna Graecia. Thereafter she comes to symbolise Rome's eventual hegemony and right to rule.
Victoria: Goddess of Victory in Roman Mythology - Legendary …
Apr 30, 2024 · Victoria was the revered Roman goddess of victory, embodying triumph and conquest. Her influence extended beyond military victories, encompassing all forms of personal and societal triumphs. Victoria’s symbols, including wings, laurel wreaths, and palm branches, represented victory and eternal glory.
