Populona
deity Roman single tradition · 1
Populona is an epithet of Juno, worshiped in Campania at Teanum and at Aesernia in Samnium. She is described as "she who increases the number of the people or, in K. Latte's understanding of the iuvenes, the army".
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 400
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Regina Matrona, Moneta, Caprotina, Tutula, Fluonia, Februalis, Regina, Lucina, Pronuba, Cinxia, Sespeis Mater Regina, Curitis
- manifests as
- Juno
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Outside Latium in Campania at Teanum she was Populona (she who increases the number of the people or, in K. Latte's understanding of the iuvenes, the army), in Umbria at Pisaurum Lucina, at Terventum in Samnium Regina, at Pisarum Regina Matrona, at Aesernia in Samnium Regina Populona.”
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