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Fecunditas

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Template:Short description In Roman mythology, Fecunditas (Latin: "fecundity, fertility") was the goddess of fertility. She was portrayed as a matron, sometimes holding a cornucopia or a hasta pura, with children in her arms or standing next to her.<ref>Madden, F. Smith, C. R., Stevenson, S. W. A Dictionary of Roman coins. London, 1889. - p. 377, under Fecunditas</ref>

Nero dedicated a temple at Rome to Fecunditas, on occasion of his daughter's birth in 63 AD.<ref>Tacitus, Annals, 15. 23</ref>

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