Roman herma showing young woman named Statia Quinta

Roman herma showing a young woman named Statia Quinta. The inscription on the statue gives her name along with the letters L.L., which researchers translate as Lucia Liberta, meaning “freedwoman of Lucius”. The object was found on the northern shore of Lake Nemi (central Italy) in Diana’s sanctuary in 1887.

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Battle of Lake Trasimene Second Punic War Social War Lucius Licinius Lucullus