Representation and Worship
| O: Diademed bust of Vejovis hurling thunderbolt | R: Minerva with javelin and shield riding quadriga
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| Silver denarius struck in Rome 84 BC; ref.: Licinia 16; sear5 #274; Cr354/1; Syd 732 | |
Vejovis is portrayed as a young man, holding a bunch of arrows, pilum, (or lightning bolts) in his hand, and is accompanied by a goat. Romans believed that Vejovis was one of the first gods to be born. He was a god of healing, and became associated with the Greek Asclepius. He was mostly worshipped in Rome and Bovillae in Latium. On the Capitoline Hill and on the Tiber Island, temples were erected in his honour.
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