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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Edessa, post: 4610027, member: 84065&quot;]Not one of the 12. <b>SALUS: </b>She was the goddess of safety and well-being (welfare, health and prosperity) of both the individual and the state. She is sometimes equated with the Greek goddess <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygieia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygieia" rel="nofollow">Hygieia</a>, though her functions differ considerably. The high antiquity and importance of her cult is testified by the little-known ceremony of the <i>Augurium Salutis</i>, held every year on August 5 for the preservation of the Roman state. Her cult was spread over all Italy. Literary sources record relationships with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna" rel="nofollow">Fortuna</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spes" rel="nofollow">Spes</a>. She started to be increasingly associated to Valetudo, the Goddess of Personal Health, which was the real romanized name of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygieia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygieia" rel="nofollow">Hygieia</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later she became more a protector of personal health. Around 180 BCE sacrificial rites in honour of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo" rel="nofollow">Apollo</a>, Aesculapius, and Salus took place there (Livius XL, 37). There was a statue to Salus in the temple of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Concordia</a>. She is first known to be associated with the snake of Aesculapius from a coin of 55 BC minted by M. Acilius. Her festival was celebrated on March 30. (Wikipedia).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141821[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>CARACALLA. 198-217 AD. AR Denarius. Struck 199 AD. ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / SAL GEN HVM, Salus standing left, holding serpent-wreathed sceptre and extending hand to kneeling figure before her. RIC IV 42c; BMCRE 169; RSC 558a. Ex CNG 1992.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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