Sal us Roman The goddess of health and preservation, also of success and good fortune.
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Sal us Roman The goddess of health and preservation, also of success and good fortune. Salus was more of an abstraction than a character in myths and became closely associated with the Greek goddess of health, Hygeia. In 302 b.c., the Romans dedicated a new temple on the Quirinal Hill to Salus. People celebrated her feast on April 30. Salus was often shown standing on a globe and pouring liquid from a cup onto an altar around which curled a snake. Her name was part of the popular phrase "Salus Publica," referring to the public health, or well-being of the state and society of Rome.
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