Virtus
the Roman personification of manly valour.
She was represented with a short tunic, her right breast uncovered, a helmet on her head, a spear in her left hand, a sword in the right, and standing with her right foot on a helmet.
There was a golden statue of her at Rome, which Alaricus, king of the Goths, melted down. (
Liv. 27.25,
29.11;
V. Max. 1.1.8; Cic.
de Nat. Deor. 2.23; Zosim. 5.21.)
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