Placida

A surname of Venus. A temple of Venus Placida stood in Sycae (present-day Galata), a quarter of Istanbul.

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References

Sources

  • Gilles, P., and G. Panciroli. (1729). The antiquities of Constantinople. London, p. 275.
  • P. Victor. De Regionibus Urbis Romae v, x, xii.