Ancient Roman Military Legionary Silver Ring Fortuna Personification Of Luck
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Fortuna (Latin: Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) was the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Renaissance. Fortuna is often depicted with a gubernaculum (ship's rudder), a ball or Rota Fortunae (wheel of fortune, first mentioned by Cicero) and a cornucopia (horn of plenty). She might bring good or bad luck: she could be rep...resented as veiled and blind, as in modern depictions of Lady Justice, except that Fortuna does not hold a balance. Fortuna came to represent life's capriciousness. She was also a goddess of fate: as Atrox Fortuna, she claimed the young lives of the princeps Augustus' grandsons Gaius and Lucius, prospective heirs to the Empire. (In antiquity she was also known as Automatia.)Roman writers disagreed whether her cult was introduced to Rome by Servius Tullius or Ancus Marcius. The two earliest temples mentioned in Roman Calendars were outside the city, on the right bank of the Tiber (in Italian Trastevere). The first temple dedicated to Fortuna was attributed to the Etruscan Servius Tullius, while the second is known to have been built in 293 BC as the fulfilment of a Roman promise made during later Etruscan wars.[7] The date of dedication of her temples was 24 June, or Midsummer's Day, when celebrants from Rome annually floated to the temples downstream from the city. After undisclosed rituals they then rowed back, garlanded and inebriated. Also Fortuna had a temple at the Forum Boarium. Here Fortuna was twinned with the cult of Mater Matuta (the goddesses shared a festival on 11 June), and the paired temples have been revealed in the excavation beside the church of Sant'Omobono: the cults are indeed archaic in date. Fortuna Primigenia of Praeneste was adopted by Romans at the end of 3rd century BC in an important cult of Fortuna Publica Populi Romani (the Official Good Luck of the Roman People) on the Quirinalis outside the Porta Collina. No temple at Rome, however, rivalled the magnificence of the Praenestine sanctuary.Fortuna's identity as personification of chance events was closely tied to virtus (strength of character). Public officials who lacked virtues invited ill-fortune on themselves and Rome: Sallust uses the infamous Catiline as illustration – "Truly, when in the place of work, idleness, in place of the spirit of measure and equity, caprice and pride invade, fortune is changed just as with morality">>> Expertise on the metal : GUARANTEED 100% SOLID SILVER (900 / 920) and Silver have authentic GENUINE OLD PATINA.>>> ONE OF A KIND - AMAZING - UNIQUE - STUNNING !!!>>> Numismatic Note : On the detailed pictures, the buyer can see the condition of this item, good condition, strong !!! Choice about extremely fine detail with a gorgeous patina !!! A stunning and exceptional example of this humongous artifact !!!>>> RING - WEARABLE : GUARANTEED 100% SOLID SILVER (900 / 920)>>> DEPICTING INSERT : FANTASTIC DETAILED ROMAN LEGIONARY SYMBOL GODDESS FORTUNA WITH HIGHLY DECORATED.>>> INLAID DESCRIBED : FORTVNA <>MEASUREMENTS & WEIGHT<> 10.21 grams <><> 21.50 mm = 0.86" Inner diameter <><> Condition : EF !!! <>Abbreviations : UNC : Uncirculated ///// EF : Extremely Fine ///// VF : Very Fine ///// F : Fine ///// VG : Very good ///// G : Good ///// PR : Poor>>> Dear buyers, please keep in mind that we are dealing with ancient and antique items. You should not expect ancient and antique items to be as brand new ones. They always have some degree of wearing. Please, take care to examine the photos and read descriptions. Thank you. >>> The photos are part of the description in this Listing !!! 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