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Roman Republic, Q. Fabius Maximus, 127 B.C.
Roma was a female deity who personified the city of Rome and more broadly, the Roman state. The earliest certain cult to dea Roma was established at Smyrna in 195 B.C., probably to mark the successful alliance against Antiochus III. In 30/29 B.C., the Koinon of Asia and Bithynia requested permission to honor Augustus as a living god. "Republican" Rome despised the worship of a living man, but an outright refusal might offend their loyal allies. A cautious formula was drawn up, non-Romans could only establish a cult for divus Augustus jointly with dea Roma. In the city of Rome itself, the earliest known state cult to dea Roma was combined with Venus at the Hadrianic Temple of Venus and Roma. This was the largest temple in the city, probably dedicated to inaugurate the reformed festival of Parilia, which was known thereafter as the Romaea after the Eastern festival in Roma's honor. The temple contained the seated, Hellenised image of dea Roma with a Palladium in her right hand to symbolize Rome's eternity.RR05658. Silver denarius, SRCV I 141, Crawford 265/1, Sydenham 478, RSC I Fabia 5, VF, dark toning, Rome mint, weight 3.63g, maximum diameter 17.1mm, die axis 0o, 127 B.C.; obverse head of Roma right in a winged helmet, ROMA behind, X (XVI ligature, mark of value=16 asses) below chin, Q MAX (MA ligate before); reverse cornucopia with horizontal thunderbolt behind, all within wreath composed of grains and fruits; SOLD
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