Aequitas

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Aequitas ( with scales and cornucopia on the lapel )

Aequitas ( Latin equality, equilibrium, serenity, equanimity) denoted in ancient Rome the equalizing justice and equity , an important principle in Roman law . She was also portrayed as a personification of a deity, for example on coins of the Roman Republic . The representations on coins from the imperial era began to accumulate around the middle of the 1st century AD. On the representations, she holds a scale, a cornucopia and a scepter.

As a personal virtue called Aequitas the equanimity , by virtue of which a Roman even in the most critical or emotional situation, the dignity ( Dignitas ) to preserve white.

literature

• Theo Mayer-Maly : Aequitas . In: Der Kleine Pauly , Vol. 1, 1964, Col. 97-98.
• Lars Ostwaldt: Aequitas and Justitia. Your iconography in antiquity and early modern times (Signa Iuris 3), Halle ad Saale 2009