Victoria

2 Victōrĭa, (12) æ, f. , ¶ 1 la Victoire, déesse : Pl. Amph. 42 ; Cic. Nat. 2, 61 ¶ 2 statue de la Victoire : Liv. 22, 37, 5 ; Quint. 9, 2, 22.

VICTORIA

VICTO´RIA(Οὐικτωρία, Ptol. 2.3.9), the most eastern place belonging to the Damnonii in Britannia Barbara. Camden (p. 1190) thinks that it is Bede's Caer Guidi, and that it stood on Inchkeith Island, in the Frith of Forth;but Horsley is of opinion that it is Abernethy, near Perth.

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Victoria

The Roman goddess of Victory, said to be the daughter of Minerva, by whose command a temple to her was said to have been erected on the Palatine by Evander. In later times there were at least three sanctuaries in Rome that bore her name. For the Greek goddess of Victory, see Nike.