ETERNITY, duration without beginning or end; duration without end. Among the Romans, Aeternitas was used as one of the titles of the emperor, like divinitas, majestas, &c.; and, in the same spirit, Rome itself was designated the
Eternal City. Aeternitas was regarded as a divinity, without temples or altars; and was represented as a woman holding the sun in one hand, and the moon in the other. Her symbols were a phoenix, a globe, and an elephant.