Fortuna

deity intermediate Roman triangulated · 9

The tutelary deity of Praeneste was Fortuna, whose oracle was renowned.

↻ synthesized from 9 sources

When

First attested
500 BCE
Attested period
-500 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested in Republican and Imperial eras of Rome.

Relationships

allied with
Mater Matuta
parent of
Iovis, Sors

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Sources

Source passages

“The tutelary deity of Praeneste was Fortuna, whose oracle was renowned.”

#9075 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was also likely associated with Fortuna, goddess of good fortune, due to the closeness of their temples in Rome and the dates of their festivals.”

#15997 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Similar honors were paid to other divinities in subsequent times: Fortuna, Saturnus, Juno Regina of the Aventine, the three Capitoline deities”

#19884 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“She is mentioned in one of Juvenal's satires and identified with the Roman goddess Fortuna, and Martianus Capella lists her along with other goddesses of fate and chance such as Sors, Nemesis, and Tyche.”

#27114 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In Roman art it (called a gubernaculum) was the usual attribute of Fortuna, or "Lady Luck", representing her control of the changeable fortunes of life.”

#32834 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001