Securitas (mythology)
In Roman mythology of the imperial era, Securitas is the personification of the security of the Roman people. It is literally translated as "freedom from worry". The cult of Securitas gained special importance in times of crisis from the 3rd century onwards. Since then it has occasionally been depicted on the reverse of the bronze coins of cities in Asia Minor.
It is only sparsely documented in literature and inscriptions and appears mainly on coins, often with the attributes stick , lance , cornucopia , palm branch and sacrificial bowl . As a seated figure, she usually supports her head with her arm; as a standing figure, she is usually depicted leaning against a column. Often she also holds the sun or a (earth) globe in her hand.
literature
- Johannes Ilberg: Securitas . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 4, Leipzig 1915, Col. 595-597 ( digitized version ).
- Richard Hartmann: Securitas. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 1, Stuttgart 1921, Sp. 1000-1003.
- Ute W. Gottschall: Securitas . In: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Volume VIII, Zurich / Munich 1997, pp. 1090-1093.
- Carsten Binder: Securitas. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , column 317.
Web links
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