Libitina
deity underworld Roman single tradition · 2
Libitina is a Roman deity.
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When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 65
- Historical notes
- Temple treasury collected a 'death tax' established by Servius Tullius. During a plague in 65 AD, 30,000 deaths were recorded at the temple.
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“Libitina – Roman deity”
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“Libitina, also Libentina or Lubentina, is an ancient Roman goddess of funerals and burial. Her name was used as a metonymy for death, and undertakers were known as libitinarii. Libitina was associated with Venus, and the name appears in some authors as an epithet of Venus”
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