Victoria (goddess)
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English: In Roman mythology, Victoria was the personification/Goddess of victory. She is the Roman version of the Greek goddess Nike, and was associated with Bellona. She was adapted from the Sabine agricultural goddess Vacuna and had a temple on the Palatine Hill. Her name (in both Latin and Greek) means victory.
Français : Victoire, allégorie personnifiant la victoire.
Italiano: Vittoria, divinità Romana
[edit] Ancient coins
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Victoria in biga |
[edit] Victoria in sculpture
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"Schwebende Viktorien" im Burggarten des Schweriner Schlosses nach Modellen (1838/40) von Christian Daniel Rauch, um 1857 |
Victoria - Detail from War memorial of German-French War 1870/71 in de:Goldberg (Mecklenburg) |
Victoria, sculpted by Friedrich Drake, on top of Berliner Siegessäule |
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Victoria (Concordia) by Ludwig Hofer, Stuttgart |
Railroad monument in Nijmegen, with Victoria by Christian Daniel Rauch, 1885 |