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Visual depiction of Penates Publici

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Vol. II · Polytheism · earth

Penates Publici

Roman guardians of the Roman state


the divine protectors of Rome's sacred storehouse housed in the Temple of Vesta, the empire's eternal welfare

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
earth

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 5) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.