Editing Jupiter (god) (section)

=== Victoria ===
{{See also|Victoria (mythology)}}
[[File:RSC 0009.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Coin with [[Laurel wreath|laureate]] head of Jupiter ([[Obverse and reverse|obverse]]) and (reverse) Victory, standing ("''ROMA''" below in [[relief]])|alt=Roman coin, with bearded head on front and standing figure on reverse]]
Victoria was connected to ''Iuppiter Victor'' in his role as bestower of military victory. Jupiter, as a sovereign god, was considered as having the power to conquer anyone and anything in a supernatural way; his contribution to military victory was different from that of [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]] (god of military valour). Victoria appears first on the reverse of coins representing Venus (driving the quadriga of Jupiter, with her head crowned and with a palm in her hand) during the first Punic War. Sometimes, she is represented walking and carrying a trophy.{{sfnp|Dumézil|1977|p=408}}

A temple was dedicated to the goddess afterwards on the Palatine, testifying to her high station in the Roman mind. When [[Hieron of Syracuse]] presented a golden statuette of the goddess to Rome, the Senate had it placed in the temple of Capitoline Jupiter among the greatest (and most sacred) deities.{{sfnp|Dumézil|1977|p=413}}<ref>Livy XXVII 2, 10–12.</ref>

Although Victoria played a significant role in the religious ideology of the late Republic and the Empire, she is undocumented in earlier times. A function similar to hers may have been played by the little-known [[Vica Pota]].{{cn|date=September 2023}}