Pietas in traditional Latin usage expressed a complex, highly valued Roman virtue; a man or woman with pietas
respected his or her responsibilities to the gods, family, other people
and entities (such as the state), and understood his or her place in
society with respect to others.
1 | This is now thought to be Vipsania Agrippina (J. Burns, Vipsania on Roman Coins?, in The Celator 18 (2004), pp. 6-20.), Antonia minor (H. Mattingly, Coins of the Roman empire in the British Museum, IV, London, 1940, XVII-XVIII (n. 2); N. Kokkinos, Antonia Augusta. Portrait of a Great Roman Lady, London, 1992, pp. 90-95.) or Livilla (M. Kreuzer, Livilla's Portrait on Roman Coins, in The Celator 9 (1995), pp. 10ff.). |