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Felicitas
Roman deity
Felicitas, Roman goddess of good luck to whom a temple was first built in the mid-2nd century bc. She became the special protector of successful commanders. Caesar planned to erect another temple to her, and it was built by the triumvir M. Aemilius Lepidus. The emperors made her prominent as symbolizing the blessings of the imperial regime.
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