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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 2756930, member: 76440&quot;]I don&#039;t agree with the OP that Athena = Roma. Athena was the equivalent of the Roman goddess Minerva.&nbsp; The City Goddess Roma shares many representational attributes with Athena and Minerva, which perhaps leads to confusion.&nbsp; All are typically depicted wearing helmets, with Athena/Minerva typically depicted in a Corinthian helmet.&nbsp; Certainly from 212 BC, when Roma is prominent on Rome&#039;s new denarius coinage, Roma is depicted in a Roman helmet of varying form, but not a Corinthian helmet. There is some talk among Roman Republican experts whether certain earlier Roman coin depictions of a Corinthian-helmeted goddess may be early representations of Roma, rather than Minerva. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is often guesswork, based on common representational attributes, as the gods and goddesses are often not named on the coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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