Ancient legends of Roman history . ed the course of the Sun. Thelegend of the Horatii and the Curiatii (which must be con-nected with the worship of Jupiter Tigillus) recalls theanalogous myth of the solar god Janus, who, it seems, wasconnected with the gates. At Lavinium Juno was originally worshipped under theform of a she-goat, and Acca Larentia (and, perhaps, Va-leria Luperca, too) was honored under the form of a she-wolf. We have reasons for believing that in a similar man-ner the goddess of Victory was revered under the form of abull and a cow. This might be proved by the term Vitulatio,
Ancient legends of Roman history . ed the course of the Sun. Thelegend of the Horatii and the Curiatii (which must be con-nected with the worship of Jupiter Tigillus) recalls theanalogous myth of the solar god Janus, who, it seems, wasconnected with the gates. At Lavinium Juno was originally worshipped under theform of a she-goat, and Acca Larentia (and, perhaps, Va-leria Luperca, too) was honored under the form of a she-wolf. We have reasons for believing that in a similar man-ner the goddess of Victory was revered under the form of abull and a cow. This might be proved by the term Vitulatio,which (according to an ancient annalist) signified Vic-toria,45 and also by the fact that the ancient Romans andother peoples adored the goddess The bull and the cow were the national totems of severalItalic stocks. On the coins of the Social War we see thebull overpowering the Sabellian wolf. Similarly, at thebattle of Sentinum the Romans regarded the appearanceof the lupus Martins as an omen of victory. It is obvious. THE ISLAND OF THE TIBER
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