Mertcan Bulak: The cult of Victoria, not an old Roman cult, was apparently derived from an awareness of Greek Victory(Nike) cults in the late fourth century and especially of the conquests and the far-famed invincibility of Alexander the Great. Victoria received a temple in 294 B.C.; at the same period other Roman war gods began to attract the title Victor or Invictus. Before long, as the early Roman issues of coinage show, the new goddess was playing a prominent role in the Roman imagery of war.

The cult of Victoria, not an old Roman cult, was apparently derived from an awareness of Greek Victory(Nike) cults in the late fourth century and especially of the conquests and the far-famed invincibility of Alexander the Great. Victoria received a temple in 294 B.C.; at the same period other Roman war gods began to attract the title Victor or Invictus. Before long, as the early Roman issues of coinage show, the new goddess was playing a prominent role in the Roman imagery of war.

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Religions of Rome John North

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