Juventas’s Family Tree

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Family

• Juno(parent),Jupiter(parent),Mars(sibling),Vulcan(sibling)— Marriage

  Jupiter and Juno, king and queen of the gods united atop the Capitoline, produced Mars, Vulcan, and Juventas — war, craft, and eternal youth born of their divine marriage.

  ⚠ Ovid Fasti 5.229-260 recounts an alternative tradition in which Juno conceived Mars alone, impregnated by a flower given her by Flora, without Jupiter's involvement.

• Hercules(spouse)— Marriage

  After Hercules's apotheosis on Mount Oeta, Jupiter received him among the gods and gave him Juventas as his divine bride, granting the deified hero eternal youth.

Equivalent to

• Hebe(Greek)

  The Greek goddess Hebe was identified with the Roman Juventas. Both personified youth and served as divine cupbearers, and young Romans dedicated offerings to Juventas during coming-of-age ceremonies.

Associated with

• Terminus

  When Tarquinius Superbus built Jupiter's temple on the Capitoline, Juventas and Terminus alone among the gods refused to yield their shrines. Both were incorporated into the new temple, an omen that Rome's youth and boundaries would endure forever.