in Mythology, was a goddess both among the Greeks and Romans. Among the former she was invoked under the title Eleutheria; and by the latter she was called Libertas, and held in singular veneration. Temples, altars, and statues, were erected in honour of this deity. A very magnificent temple was consecrated to her on Mount Aventine, by Tiberius Gracchus, before which was a spacious court, called atrium libertatis. The Romans also erected a new temple in honour of Liberty, when Julius Cæsar established his empire over there, as if their liberty had been secured by an event which proved fatal to it. In a medal of Brutus, Liberty is exhibited under the figure of a woman, holding in one hand a cap, the symbol of liberty, and two poniards in the other, with the inscription IDIBYS MARTII.