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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7441516, member: 110350&quot;]I meant only that it would be seen as a contradiction to many a modern eye. The Romans didn&#039;t see it as such, and nor do I. Technically, though, I do think there&#039;s a distinction (admittedly a fine one) between the actual <u>personification</u> of Virtus (always female) and the <u>qualities</u> of Virtus (often represented by the emperor or Mars or another male figure). But since the noun itself is gendered female, it&#039;s really all pretty much the same thing. (Especially because the female personification of Virtus is portrayed with male-coded attributes -- her military clothing and equipment, including that suggestively-placed parazonium! -- with the one telltale exception of her bare right breast.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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