Bellona Seated On Her Trophies, By Léon Davent (16th century) - The Historian's Hut
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Bellona Seated On Her Trophies, By Léon Davent (16th century) - The Historian's Hut
This illustration, etched by the French artist Léon Davent (16th century) after a design by Francesco Primaticcio (c. 1504/5–1570), brings to life a Roman warrior goddess by the name of Bellona. She was an ancient deity of conflict, battle, and bloodshed from Rome’s earliest religious beliefs. A temple was known to have been built in her honor on the Roman Field of Mars—the Campus Martius—around the 290s BCE. Like many Mediterranean deities, she…
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