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Diana was the goddess of childbirth, the fertility goddess, the goddess of the moon as well as the patron goddess of wild beasts in Roman mythology. However, she is best known as the goddess of the hunt, with her sacred animal being the deer...

The so-called Temple of Diana, part of an Augusteum, modern-day Nîmes, France. The temple was built in the 1st century CE around a Nymphaeum and dedicated to Augustus.

A Roman mosaic in the House of Venus in Volubilis (modern-day Morocco) depicting Diana and a nymph surprised by the hunter Actaeon while bathing. In revenge, the goddess turned Actaeon into a stag. He was then killed by his dogs. The mosaic...

Near the decumanus of the Roman town of Augusta Emerita (modern-day Mérida in Spain) some parts of a temple, erroneously assigned to the goddess Diana on its discovery, have been incorporated into a 16th century palace. The building, built...

The Roman temple of Diana in Evora, Portugal. Constructed in the 1st century CE. Photo shows temple in relation to other buildings in Largo Conde Vila Flor square. Photo taken in 2008 CE.

Temple of Diana in Largo Conde Vila Flor Square Evora, Portugal - night photo. The temple was constructed in the 1st century CE. Photo take 2005 CE.

Diana was goddess o hunt, moon, and childbirth. She was one of the three maiden goddesses; Diana, Minerva and Vesta. They swore never to get married. The outer surface of this bowl was decorated with Diana with bow and pray, and Victory holding...

Statue of Artemis (Greek) or Diana (Roman), known as Diane de Versailles, France. Roman copy, 1st or 2nd century CE, of lost Greek bronze attributed to Leochares, c. 325 BCE. Musee du Louvre, Paris.

Apollo and Diana attacking the Children of Niobe, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1772. Dallas Museum of Art.

The sunbaked plain of the Alentejo region in central Portugal is called planicie dourada (golden plain) by the Portuguese, and it is dotted with cork oak forests, vineyards, olive groves, and hilltop towns with whitewashed houses. 'Alentejo'...