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Fortuna

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A Roman divinity, the goddess of luck, and especially good luck, to whom Servius Tullius, in acknowledgment of her favours to him, erected several temples in Rome; is represented in art as standing poised on a globe or a wheel, to express her inconstancy.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fortuna'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/fortuna.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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