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CONCORDIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 834 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONCORDIA  , a See also:

Roman goddess, the personification of See also:peace and See also:goodwill . Several temples in her See also:honour were erected at See also:Rome, the most See also:ancient being one on the Capitol, dedicated to her by See also:Camillus (367 B.C.), subsequently restored by Livia, the wife of See also:Augustus, and consecrated by Tiberius (A.D . 10) . Other temples were frequently built to commemorate the restoration of See also:civil See also:harmony . Offerings were made to Concordia on the birthdays of emperors, and Concordia See also:Augusta was worshipped as the See also:promoter of harmony in the imperial See also:house-hold . Concordia was represented as a matron holding in her right See also:hand a See also:Patera or an See also:olive See also:branch, and in her See also:left a See also:cornu copiae or a See also:sceptre . Her symbols were two hands joined together, and two serpents entwined about a See also:herald's See also:staff .

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