She was defined as a celebrated virtue of Julius Caesar, who was famed for his forbearance, especially following Caesar's civil war with Pompey from 49 BC. In 44 BC, a temple was consecrated to her by the Roman Senate, possibly at Caesar's instigation as Caesar was keen to demonstrate that he had this virtue.
In a letter to his friend Atticus, Cicero is discussing Caesar's clementia: "You will say they are frightened. I dare say they are, but I'll be bound they're more frightened of Pompey than of Caesar. They are delighted with his artful clemency and fear the other's wrath." Again in Pro rege Deiotaro (For King Deiotarus) Cicero discusses Caesar's virtue of clementia.
There is not much information surrounding Clementia's cult; it would seem that she was merely an abstraction of a particular virtue, one that was revered in conjunction with revering Caesar and the Roman state. Clementia was seen as a good trait within a leader, it also the Latin word for "humanity" or "forbearance". This is opposed to Saevitia which was savagery and bloodshed. Yet, she was the Roman counterpart of Eleos, (not to be confused with Soteria), the Greek goddess of mercy and forgiveness who had a shrine in Athens.
In traditional imagery, she is depicted holding a branch (possibly an olive tree branch) and a scepter and may be leaning on a column.
clementia, this, article, about, roman, goddess, christian, romance, clementine, literature, other, things, called, disambiguation, roman, mythology, goddess, clemency, leniency, mercy, forgiveness, penance, redemption, absolution, acquittal, salvation, ancien. This article is about the Roman goddess For the Christian romance see Clementine literature For other things called Clementia see Clementia disambiguation In Roman mythology Clementia was the goddess of clemency leniency mercy forgiveness penance redemption absolution acquittal and salvation 1 Ancient statue of Clementia in the Museo ChiaramontiShe was defined as a celebrated virtue of Julius Caesar who was famed for his forbearance especially following Caesar s civil war with Pompey from 49 BC In 44 BC a temple was consecrated to her by the Roman Senate possibly at Caesar s instigation as Caesar was keen to demonstrate that he had this virtue In a letter to his friend Atticus Cicero is discussing Caesar s clementia You will say they are frightened I dare say they are but I ll be bound they re more frightened of Pompey than of Caesar They are delighted with his artful clemency and fear the other s wrath Again in Pro rege Deiotaro For King Deiotarus Cicero discusses Caesar s virtue of clementia There is not much information surrounding Clementia s cult it would seem that she was merely an abstraction of a particular virtue one that was revered in conjunction with revering Caesar and the Roman state Clementia was seen as a good trait within a leader it also the Latin word for humanity or forbearance This is opposed to Saevitia which was savagery and bloodshed Yet she was the Roman counterpart of Eleos not to be confused with Soteria the Greek goddess of mercy and forgiveness who had a shrine in Athens In traditional imagery she is depicted holding a branch possibly an olive tree branch and a scepter and may be leaning on a column See also Edit Goddesses of Mercy and Compassion Guanyin Goddesses of Justice Astraea Dike Themis Prudentia Goddesses of Injustice Adikia Aspects of Justice see also Triple deity Triple Goddess neopaganism Justice Themis Dike Justitia Lady Justice Raguel the Angel of Justice Retribution Nemesis Rhamnousia Rhamnusia Adrasteia Adrestia Invidia Redemption Eleos Soteria Clementia Zadkiel Zachariel the Angel of Mercy Notes Edit Michael Jordan 1 January 2009 Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses Infobase Publishing p 67 ISBN 978 1 4381 0985 5 External links Edit nbsp Look up Clementia in Wiktionary the free dictionary nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clementia nbsp This article relating to an Ancient Roman myth or legend is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clementia amp oldid 1158505577, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
