LIBERTAS, LIBERTY, in Pagan worship, one of the blessings deified by the Romans, was represented in the form of a virgin clothed in white, holding a sceptre in her right hand and a cap in her left. To this imaginary goddess they erected temples and altars, where they offered up petitions for the preservation of their liberties.
LIBERTAS, LIBERTY
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