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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
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  • Jupiter
  • Lares
  • Liber
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  • Orcus
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  • Penates
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  • Quirinus
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  • Roma
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  • Romulus and Remus
  • Numa Pompilius
  • Servius Tullius
  • Ancus Marcius
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  • Vergil
    • Aeneid
  • Ovid
    • Metamorphoses
    • Fasti
  • Propertius
  • Apuleius
    • The Golden Ass
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  • Religion in ancient Rome
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  • interpretatio graeca
  • Imperial cult
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See also
  • Glossary of ancient Roman religion
  • Greek mythology
  • myth and ritual
  • classical mythology

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