Fides (Fides Publica) Roman The goddess or personification of honor, honesty, and good faith, particularly as displayed publicly in support of Rome.
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Fides (Fides Publica) Roman The goddess or personification of honor, honesty, and good faith, particularly as displayed publicly in support of Rome. People called upon Fides to protect contracts and commerce, in private lives as well as in affairs of the government. Her origins in Roman religion were ancient, and she was held by some to be older than the great god Jupiter. Fides was pictured as a whitehaired old woman. Fides was worshiped at a temple on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, built in 282 b.c., which was also a place where the Roman Senate met. Here, too, leaders of Rome welcomed emissaries from other countries.
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