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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 3141010, member: 10613&quot;]At some point, the pagan Victory also became the Christian angel. In this transition, the image of Victory did not even change. She still had wings and is depicted with the victor&#039;s wreath and palm. &quot;This is perhaps the only case in which the transition from pagan goddess to Christian angel is perfectly clear.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Harold Mattingly, The Man in the Roman Street. New York: W. W. Norton &amp; Company (1976) : 79.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Palladas, a fourth-century pagan poet, wrote mockingly about the city of Constantinople and coins with Victories on the prow –</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Here we are, the Victories, the laughing maidens, bearing victories to the Christ-loving city. Those who loved the city fashioned us, stamping figures appropriate to the victories.&quot; (Anth. Plan. 282)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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