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Pax was a Roman goddess and the personification of peace, the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Irene (Eirene). Augustus promoted the goddess Pax, who is depicted as a young woman with a cornucopia and olive branch or staff. A temple to Pax (Templum Pacis or Forum Pacis), built on the site of a meat market, in Rome, by Vespasian, was dedicated in 75.
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Short article from Encyclopedia Mythica.
Picture of the goddess Pax. A dupondius from AD 68-69 showing Pax, on the reverse, holding a branch in right hand and a cornucopia in the left.
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