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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 834 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ROMAN

Roman goddess, the personification of See also:

peace and See also:

GOODWILL

goodwill. Several temples in her See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour were erected at See also:

Rome, the most See also:

ancient being one on the Capitol, dedicated to her by See also:

Camillus (367 B.C.), subsequently restored by Livia, the wife of See also:

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, and consecrated by Tiberius (A.D. 10). Other temples were frequently built to commemorate the restoration of See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony. Offerings were made to Concordia on the birthdays of emperors, and Concordia See also:

AUGUSTA

Augusta was worshipped as the See also:

PROMOTER

promoter of harmony in the imperial See also:

house-hold. Concordia was represented as a matron holding in her right See also:

hand a See also:

PATERA

Patera or an See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch, and in her See also:

LEFT

left a See also:

CORNU, MARIE

cornu copiae or a See also:

SCEPTRE

sceptre. Her symbols were two hands joined together, and two serpents entwined about a See also:

HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

herald's See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

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