Venus
c. 300 BCE – 400 CEattested
Rome
- Roman
Goddess of desire and persuasion, and through Aeneas the claimed ancestor of the Julian family. Caesar built her a temple and put her on his coins, which turned a love goddess into a dynastic argument.
Known for
- ancestor of the Julii
- persuasion as a divine force
- gardens and cultivated growth
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.