, Numa Pompilius, is said to have instituted an annual ceremony dedicated to Fides Publica in which the chief priests were to be transported to his temple in a covered arched chariot drawn by two horses on October 1. There, they must render her services with their heads covered and their right hand wrapped up to the fingers to indicate absolute devotion to her and symbolize trust.
Fides Publica, trust and good faith
She was also venerated under the name of Fides Publica Populi Romani ("Public (or Common) Trust of the Roman People"). She is depicted as a young woman crowned with an olive or laurel wreath, holding in her hand a turtledove, fruit or grain, or a military ensign. She wears a white veil.
Fides (Latin: Fidēs) was the goddess of trust and good faith (bona fides) in Roman paganism. She was one of the original virtues to be considered a true religious deity. Fides is all that is required for "honor and credibility, from fidelity in marriage, to contractual arrangements, and the obligation that soldiers owe to Rome."
Fides is also reliability, “reliability between two parties, which is always reciprocal”. and “bedrock of relationships between people and their communities,” then he was transformed into a Roman deity and from which we get the English word, “fidelity.”
The Roman deity may have an example in Regulus "who refuses to save himself at the expense of the Republic." Regulus challenged his own interests for those of his country. In this act alone he acted faithfully. »
His temple, the Temple of Fides on Capitoline Hill, was also called Fides Publica and Fides Publica Populi Romani. Dedicated by Aulus Atilius Calatinus and restored by Mr. Aemilius Scaurus, the structure was surrounded by a display of bronze tables of laws and treaties, and was sometimes used for meetings of the Senate.
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