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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 94 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SALUS  , in

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Roman
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mythology the personification of
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health and prosperity . In 302 B.C. a
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temple was dedicated to Salus on the Quirinal (
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Livy x . 1); and in later times public prayers were offered to her on behalf of the
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emperor and the Roman
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people at the beginning of the
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year, in
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time of sickness, and on the emperor's birthday . In 18o B.C., on the occasion of a
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plague, vows were made to
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Apollo,
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Aesculapius and Salus (Livy xl . 37) . Here the
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special attribute of the goddess appears to be health; and in later times she was identified with the
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Greek goddess of health,
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Hygieia .

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