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Winged Victories

Winged figures, very often in pairs, representing victory and referred to as "victories", were 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 the goddess herself. They continued to appear after Christianization of the Empire, and slowly mutated into Christian angels.

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Roman mythology and religion

Deities	Apollo Bona Dea Castor and Pollux Ceres Cupid Diana Dis Pater Faunus Genius Hercules Janus Juno Jupiter Lares Liber Mars Mercury Minerva Orcus Neptune Penates Pluto Priapus Proserpina Quirinus Saturn Silvanus Sol Venus Vesta Vulcan

Abstract deities	Concordia Fides Fortuna Pietas Spes Roma Terra

Legendary founders	Aeneas Romulus and Remus Numa Pompilius Servius Tullius Ancus Marcius

Texts	Vergil Aeneid Ovid Metamorphoses Fasti Propertius Apuleius The Golden Ass

Concepts and practices	Religion in ancient Rome Festivals interpretatio graeca Imperial cult Temples

See also	Glossary of ancient Roman religion Greek mythology myth and ritual classical mythology

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