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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1876966, member: 57495&quot;]Long before Katniss Everdeen, there was Artemis/Diana, the original badass chick with a bow.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Before the Battle of Lake Regillus, where the Roman army triumphed over the Latin League and Lucius Tarquinus Superbus, the expelled last king of Rome, a sacrifice was made to Diana at her temple on the Aventine Hill for her divine favor.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]317543[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p><b>A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus</b></p><p>Serrate Denarius (3.99g, 20mm)</p><p>Rome mint, 81 BC.&nbsp; </p><p>Crawford 372/1; Sydenham 745; Postumia 7.&nbsp; </p><p>O: Draped bust of Diana right; bow and quiver over shoulder, bucranium above.&nbsp; </p><p>R: A. POST. A.F. S.N. ALBIN, togate figure standing left on rock before lighted altar; ox standing right about to be sacrificed. </p><p>Ex Ivar Gault Collection&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And here on a provincial bronze of Domitian, she is shown as the bringer of light.&nbsp; She is usually referenced as Artemis Tauropolos (the principal deity of Amphipolis) on issues from Amphipolis, even though the typical depiction of Artemis Tauropolos is the goddess astride a bull.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]317544[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>DOMITIAN</b></p><p>AE20 (5.76g, 20mm)</p><p>MACEDONIA Amphipolis, 81 - 96 AD.&nbsp; </p><p>RPC 340 (3 examples).&nbsp; </p><p>O: AUTO KAISAR DOMITIANOS, laureate head right.&nbsp; </p><p>R: AMFIPOLITWN, Artemis Tauropolos standing left, holding long torch and branch, shield at her feet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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