Bellona

deity earth Roman single tradition · 5

Bellona is a Roman goddess and personification of war. She is named as a consort of Cicolluis in Mâlain, France.

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When

First attested
700 BCE
Attested period
-700 – 1100
Historical notes
Attested from the Roman Kingdom to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Relationships

consort of
Cicolluis
sibling of
Lucina, Juventas, Vulcan, Mars
child of
Juno
syncretized with
Enyo

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Sources

Source passages

“Cicolluis” has dedications in Xanten, Germany, and Aignay-le-Duc (where his consort is given as Litavis) and Mâlain (where his consorts are given as Litavis and Bellona, Roman goddess and personification of war) of the Côte-d'Or, France.”

#9271 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“A daughter of Saturn and Ops, she is the sister and wife of Jupiter and the mother of Mars, Vulcan, Bellona, Lucina and Juventas.”

#9729 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Other female members of Rome's official pantheon were also helmeted, including Bellona, and Minerva, the latter being equivalent to Greek Athena, who is believed by some scholars to be Roma's original.”

#10388 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Bellona who allows the Roman to wade across war in the best way possible”

#10805 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Therefore, sacrifice to your gods an ass so that they become your succour. Those who wish you to make this offering are Jupiter, most important of the gods, Mars himself, his sister Bellona and the son-in law of Ceres (i.e. Pluto).”

#26601 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001