Virtus
The Roman personification of manly valour. She was represented with a short tunic, her right breast uncovered, a helmet on her head, a spear in her left hand, a sword in the right, and standing with her right foot on a helmet. There was a golden statue of her at Rome, which Alaricus, king of the Goths, melted down. (Livius. xxvii)
From Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and MythologyFrom Early Britain--Roman Britain, by Edward Conybeare
Imminet Leoni Virgo caelesti situ
Spicifera, justi inventrix, urbium conditrix;
Ex quis muneribus nosse contigit Deos.
Ergo eadem Mater Divum, Pax, Virtus, Ceres,
Dea Syria, lance vitam et jura pensitans.
In caelo visum Syria sidus edidit
Libyae colendum: inde cuncti didicimus.
Ita intellexit, numine inductus tuo,
Marcus Caecilius Donatianus, militans
Tribunus in Praefecto, dono Principis.
This may be thus rendered:
O'er the Lion hangs the Virgin, in her place in heaven,
With her corn-ear;—justice-finder, city-foundress, she:
And in them that do such office Gods may still be known.
She, then, is the Gods' own Mother, Peace, Strength, Ceres, all;
Syria's Goddess, in her Balance weighing life and Law.
Syria sent this Constellation shining in her sky
Forth for Libya's worship:—thence we all have learnt the lore.
Thus hath come to understanding, by the Godhead led,
Marcus Caecilius Donatianus
Serving now as Tribune-Prefect, by the Prince's grace.
