Fecunditas

{{Short description|Roman goddess of fertility}}

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.[http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=fecunditas Madden, F. Smith, C. R., Stevenson, S. W. A Dictionary of Roman coins. London, 1889. - p. 377, under Fecunditas]

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