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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 4649530, member: 75482&quot;]Part of the problem is our modern simplification of <i>virtus</i> with the single English word &quot;manliness&quot;. Entire books have been written in an attempt to define <i>virtus</i>. Here is an interesting excerpt from one:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://assets.cambridge.org/052182/7884/excerpt/0521827884_excerpt.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://assets.cambridge.org/052182/7884/excerpt/0521827884_excerpt.htm" rel="nofollow">http://assets.cambridge.org/052182/7884/excerpt/0521827884_excerpt.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One observation of this author seems particularly relevant: &quot;So close was the identification of <i>virtus</i> with Rome that when <i>virtus</i> was honored with a state cult, the image chosen for the cult statue was the same as that of the goddess Roma herself: an armed amazon&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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