ABSTRACT
Valerius Maximus viewed Juno not only as a living goddess, but also as a goddess who concerned herself with personal morality in general and chastity (pudicitia) in particular. In fact, this virtue was – in the Valerian view – essential to the political stability of the state, and its burdens were shared by both men and women alike, but by no means whatever, as we shall see, by both equally.
