Victoria’s Connections

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Equivalent to

• Nike(Greek)

  Greek Nike and Roman Victoria are the same winged goddess of victory, transmitted directly from Greek cult to Roman state religion where Victoria received her own temple on the Palatine and a golden altar in the Senate.

Associated with

• Augustus

  Augustus placed a golden statue of Victoria captured from Tarentum upon a new altar in the Senate House in 29 BCE, commemorating his victory at Actium and binding the goddess of triumph to the heart of Roman government for the next four centuries.