Genius loci
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In classical Roman religion, a genius loci was the protective spirit of a place. It was often depicted in religious iconography as a figure holding attributes such as a cornucopia, patera, or snake. M
Votive inscription to Jupiter Optimus Maximus and the Genius loci by the Signifer of Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix on behalf himself and his own legion during the consulate of Maternus and Atticus (185 AD)
Genius (mythology)
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In Roman religion, the genius is the individual instance of a general divine nature that is present in every individual person, place, or thing. Much like a guardian angel, the genius would follow eac
Genius loci
…guardian spirits or lares of the crossroads), which the emperor Augustus transformed into Lares Augusti along with the Genius Augusti. The emperor's genius is then regarded as the genius loci of the Roman Empire as a whole. Roman examples of these genii can be found, for instance, at the church of St…
Winged genius facing a woman with a tambourine and mirror, from southern Italy, about 320 BC
Bronze genius depicted as pater familias (1st century AD)
Head of a genius wearing a modius, found at Vindobona, the Roman military camp in Pannonia (2nd century AD)
Genius of Domitian