Concordia

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−	<onlyinclude>	+	<onlyinclude>'''Goddess Concordia''' is the personification of concord, peace and goodwill.</onlyinclude> She had several [[Aedes Concordiae|temples]] at Rome.
−	'''Goddess Concordia''' is the personification of concord, peace and goodwill. She had several temples at Rome, and one was built as early as the time of Camillus (367 B.C.), who vowed and built it in com­memoration of the reconciliation between the patri­cians and plebeians. This temple, in which frequent meetings of the senate were held, but which appears to have fallen into decay, was restored by Livia, the wife of Augustus, and consecrated by Tiberius (A.D. 10), after his victory over the Pannonians. In the reign of Constantine and Maxentius, the temple was burnt down, but was again restored. A second temple of Concordia was built by Cn. Flavius on the area of the temple of Vulcanus, and a third was vowed by L. Manlius during a seditious commotion among his troops in Gaul, and was afterwards erected on the Capitoline hill. Other temples were frequently built to commemorate the restoration of civil harmony. Offerings were made to Concordia on the birthdays of emperors, and ''Concordia Augusta'' was worshipped as the promoter of harmony in the imperial household. Concordia was represented on several coins as a matron holding in her right hand a [[patera]] or an olive branch, and in her left a ''cornu copiae'' or a sceptre. Her symbols were two hands joined together, and two serpents entwined about a herald's staff.	+	==Republican period==
−	</onlyinclude>	+	''Concordia'' gained prominence during the time when the plebeian class was asserting itself politically. At about the same time, and under similar circumstances, the cult of ''Homonoia'' similarly appears in the cities of Magna Graecia. <ref name=littlewood>Littlewood, R. (2006). A Commentary on Ovid: Fasti Book VI, Oxford University Press ISBN 0199271348, ISBN 9780199271344</ref> ''Concordia'' remained symbolic of the unity of all classes of Romans.
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		+	==Imperial period==
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		+	Offerings were made to Concordia on the birthdays of emperors, and ''Concordia Augusta'' was worshipped as the promoter of harmony in the imperial household.
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		+	==Representations==
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		+	Concordia was represented on several coins as a matron holding in her right hand a [[patera]] or an olive branch, and in her left a ''cornu copiae'' or a sceptre. Her symbols were two hands joined together, and two serpents entwined about a herald's staff.<ref>The Sign Language of Roman Coins [http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_concordia.html Concordia - The Personification of Harmony]</ref>
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		+	==External Links==
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		+	==References==
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Goddess Concordia is the personification of concord, peace and goodwill. She had several temples at Rome.

Contents 1 Republican period 2 Imperial period 3 Representations 4 External Links 5 References

Republican period

Concordia gained prominence during the time when the plebeian class was asserting itself politically. At about the same time, and under similar circumstances, the cult of Homonoia similarly appears in the cities of Magna Graecia. ^[1] Concordia remained symbolic of the unity of all classes of Romans.

Imperial period

Offerings were made to Concordia on the birthdays of emperors, and Concordia Augusta was worshipped as the promoter of harmony in the imperial household.

Representations

Concordia was represented on several coins as a matron holding in her right hand a patera or an olive branch, and in her left a cornu copiae or a sceptre. Her symbols were two hands joined together, and two serpents entwined about a herald's staff.^[2]

External Links

References

1. ↑ Littlewood, R. (2006). A Commentary on Ovid: Fasti Book VI, Oxford University Press ISBN 0199271348, ISBN 9780199271344
2. ↑ The Sign Language of Roman Coins Concordia - The Personification of Harmony