Salus is the Roman Goddess of health and welfare. Similar to the Greek Goddess Hygieia, she was responsible for the health of both individuals and the Roman state. One of her titles, Salus Publica Populi Romani (Goddess of the public welfare of the Roman people), illustrates this all-encompassing role. She is often depicting holding or feeding a snake, a common symbol of healing.  

I'm going to Rome in a couple of weeks, and I'm really looking forward to seeing some of the temple ruins. I've tracked down the remains of temples of Minerva, Juno, Venus, and (my personal favorite) Vesta, and can't wait to see them! Venus is the Roman Goddess of spring, love, and sexual attraction. She seems to have been a minor deity at first, more associated with the fertility of plants and gardens than with people, until she became identified with the Greek Goddess Aphrodite. This gained her considerable worship, since Aphrodite (and therefore Venus) was the mother of Aeneas, the Trojan prince who left after the sack of Troy to found Rome. Julius Caesar named her as his ancestor, and built a temple to Venus Genetrix (the mother). Epithets for Venus include: Venus Acidalia (from the well Acidalius in which she used to bathe) Venus Acraea (from the town Acra in Cyprus) Venus Aligena (sea-born) Venus Alitta (a name used by the Arabians) Venus Amathusia (from the town Amathus in Cyprus) Venus Amica (the friend) Venus Anadyomene (emerging from the sea) Venus Anaitis (a named used by the Armenians) Venus Androphonos (man killer) Venus Anosia (cruel) Venus Apaturia (skilled in the arts of deception) Venus Aphacite (from the town of Aphaca) Venus Aphrodita (born from the foam of the sea) Venus Apostrophia (the preserver) Venus Appias (from a temple on the Appian Road at Rome) Venus Architis (spiritual) Venus Area (armed) Venus Argynnis (from a temple in honor or Argynnus) Venus Armata (armed) Venus Artimpasa (celestial) Venus Astarte (identifying her with the Goddess Astarte) Venus Aurea (golden) Venus Barbata (hairy, because she restored women's hair after illness) Venus Basilea (queen) Venus Basilissa (empress) Venus Caelestis (celestial) Venus Calva (bald, from women cutting off their hair to make bowstrings for their husbands) Venus Candarena (from the town Candara) Venus Castnia (indecent) Venus Cloacina (the purifier) Venus Cnidia (from the town Cnidus) Venus Colaena (from the town Colae) Venus Colias (from Mount Colias) Venus Cypria (from the island of Cyprus) Venus Cytherea (from the island of Cythera) Venus Derceto (of prostitutes) Venus Despoina (queen) Venus Dexicreontic (from a merchant named Dexicreontus who erected a statue to her) Venus Dionea (from her possible mother Dione) Venus Divaricatrix (with spread legs) Venus Doritide (propitiated by gifts) Venus Elephantine (from the town Elephantis) Venus Elicopis (having beautiful eyes) Venus Epipontia (born from the sea) Venus Epitragia (seated on a goat) Venus Erycina (from Mount Eryx in Sicily) Venus Etaira (mistress) Venus Euplea (of good navigation) Venus Exopolis (from her statue being outside the walls of the city) Venus Felix (favorable) Venus Fisica (related to nature) Venus Friga (a name used by Saxons, identifying her with the Goddess Frigg) Venus Frugi (honest or frugal) Venus Frutis (forceful) Venus Golgia (from the town Golgos) Venus Hippolyteia Venus Hortensis (worshipped in gardens) Venus Hospita (a name used by Phoenicians) Venus Idalia (from the town Idalium) Venus Iona (for her sacred dove) Venus Iovia (with the will of Jove) Venus Junonia (associated with the Goddess Juno) Venus Kallipygos (with the pretty buttocks) Venus Libentina (moving beyond childhood) Venus Libitina (from her presiding over sepulchres) Venus Limnesia (born from the sea) Venus Magada (a name used by the Huns and Wends) Venus Marina (born from the sea) Venus Martialis (war-like) Venus Marzana (a name used by the Sarmatians) Venus Mascula (bold) Venus Mechanites (contriver) Venus Mefitis (of foul odors) Venus Melissa Venus Mithras (identified with the God Mithras as the morning-star) Venus Morpho (shapely) Venus Mucheia (of houses of ill-repute) Venus Mylitta (a name used by the Assyrians) Venus Myrtea (the myrtle tree) Venus Nanea (a named used by the Persians) Venus Nephthe (associated with the Goddess Nephthys) Venus Nicophore (bringing victory) Venus Obsequens (indulgent) Venus Ontava Venus Pandemia (of all the people) Venus Paphia (from the town Paphos) Venus Pelagia (sea-born) Venus Peribasia (walking about) Venus Phila (amiable) Venus Philommeides (laughter-loving) Venus Plagiaria (seductive) Venus Pompeiana (from Pompeii) Venus Pontogenia (sea-born) Venus Praxis (from a temple at Megara) Venus Psithyros (the whisperer) Venus Pudica (modest) Venus Pyrenaea (from the Pyrenees) Venus Pythonica (from a temple built in honor of Pythonice) Venus Saligenia (sea-born) Venus Scotia (of darkness) Venus Speculatrix (the spectator) Venus Strippasa (a name used by the Scythians) Venus Symmachia (the auxiliary) Venus Syntrophus (companion) Venus Talente (talented) Venus Tanais (a name used by the Babylonians) Venus Telessigama (presiding over marriages) Venus Thalassia (sea-born) Venus Tritonia (associate with the sea God Triton) Venus Urania (heavenly) Venus Verticordia (turning hearts) Venus Victrix (the victorious) Venus Vitrix (forming unions) Venus Zephyria (from the island of Zephyria) Venus Zerynthia (from the town Zerynthus)

Minerva is the Roman Goddess of wisdom, war, medicine, and the female arts of spinning and weaving. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Goddess Athena, and as Athena was born from Zeus's forehead, so Minerva was born from the forehead of her father, Jupiter. Jupiter, his wife Juno, and Minerva form a trinity referred to as the Capitoline triad; a temple on the Capitoline Hill was built to honor them by the last King of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus. Another temple, the Delubrum Minervae, is now the site of the church Santa Maria sopra Minerva (Saint Mary over Minerva). Minerva is often depicted in armor and holding a spear, as befits a Goddess of war. She also has the ability to throw Jupiter's thunderbolts. Her other attributes are evidenced by her many epithets, although it can be very difficult to determine which epithets were given to Minerva alone, and which were carried over to her from Athena: Minerva of the Spear The Strong One Guardian of the Skillful The Virgin Spirit Goddess of a thousand works Minerva Achaea (griever) Minerva Amphira (divine influence) Minerva Armifera (bearing arms) Minerva Armipotens (powerful in arms) Minerva Belisama (like Belisama) Minerva Bellipotens (powerful in war) Minerva Caesia (grey-eyed) Minerva Cabardiacensis (the heron that conveys wealth) Minerva Capta (from the head, referring to her birth from Jupiter's forehead) Minerva Castitis (protector of olive trees) Minerva Catuliana (for Catulus, a Roman admiral who dedicated standard to her) Minerva Ergatis (work woman) Minerva Frenales (bridler) Minerva Hospita (hostess) Minerva Letham (an Etruscan Goddess absorbed by Minerva) Minerva Luscinia (nightingale, for inventing the flute) Minerva Machinatrix (contriver or inventress) Minerva Medica (medicine) Minerva Mensa (measurer of time) Minerva Montana (mountain) Minerva Nerio (valor) Minerva Pacifera (bearer of peace) Minerva Panteuchia (with every weapon) Minerva Parthenos (virgin) Minerva Perspicax (sharp-sighted) Minerva Praestes (presiding or protecting) Minerva Pylotis (of the narrow pass) Minerva Sais (from the Egyptian city of the same name) Minerva Salus (health) Minerva Tritonia (third queen) Minerva Unigena (single birth, as daughter of Jupiter alone without a mate) Minerva Virago (manly maiden)

Fama is the Roman Goddess of fame and rumor. She is the daughter of Tellus and Ouranos, making her of the same generation as the Greek Titans, the generation before the popular Gods like Juno and Jupiter. She is said to live at the center of the world on a high mountain. Her home has no doors, but a thousand windows, and she can see and hear everything that happens in the world. Fama never sleeps, always listening for whispers on the wind. Some authors describe her as having great wings, and at the base of each feather is an eye, an ear, and a mouth, so that she can see, hear, and spread her rumors. Most depictions show her with a trumpet, which she uses to call attention to herself before she tells her news. While she does give positive news, such as of victory in battle, she delights more in spreading salacious rumors, regardless of their truth.

Vesta is the Roman Goddess of the hearth fire. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hestia, and like Hestia, there are few myths associated with Vesta. She was honored in a temple on the Palatine Hill in Rome, in which a sacred fire was tended by her priestesses, the Vestal Virgins. The temple was round with a door facing to the east, and was likely built in the 3rd century BCE. The six Vestal Virgins, who served for thirty years each, made sure that the fire never went out, until they were disbanded in 394 by Emperor Theodosius, after he declared Christianity to be the only legitimate religion of the Roman Empire.

Bellona is the Roman Goddess of war and battle. She was worshipped by Roman soldiers and predates the war God Mars. When Mars did become part of the Roman pantheon (as the counterpart of the Greek Ares), he was said to be Bellona's husband or brother. Bellona is usually depicted with her war helmet, armed with a shield and a sword or spear. She had temples dedicated to her worship in Rome, near the temple of Apollo, and in Ostia Antica, which acted as a harbor for Rome. Roman soldiers sailing off to war would stop at her temple and ask Bellona to watch over them and see them safely home.

Rumina is the Roman Goddess of breastfeeding. She protected all nursing infants, human and animal, and watched over milk cows as well. She had a temple near the fig tree at the base of the Palatine Hill called the Ficus Ruminales, where the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus were found and suckled by a she-wolf. The wolf continued to feed and raise the twins, who eventually founded Rome. Offerings to Rumina were of milk rather than of wine. Her name means "the nourisher," and is also seen as Diva Rumina, Rumilia, and Rumia.

Aurora is the Roman Goddess of the dawn. Every morning, she flies across the sky ahead of her brother Sol, God of the Sun. As she flies, she sprinkles water down to the earth below, which becomes the dew. She is also sister to Luna, Goddess of the Moon. She is mother of the four winds, the morning star, and the evening star.

Juno is the Roman Goddess of marriage, time, and women. She is the foremost of the Roman Goddesses, ruling heaven with her husband, Jupiter. Juno also presides over femininity, menstrual cycles, matronly virtues, childbirth, breezes, showers, and new beginnings. She is the mother of the Gods Mars and Vulcan and the Goddess Hebe. Juno's husband Jupiter may have been King of the Gods, but he wasn't much of a husband. Juno is usually depicted as the jealous wife, and the myths of the Greek Goddess Hera's actions against the lovers of her husband, Zeus, were ascribed to Juno when the Romans adopted Greek mythology. Juno's name is the source of the month of June, and there is an asteroid named after her that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Juno's name means "vital force", and is also seen as Iuno, Unial, Ionones, and Iunones. Epithets and titles include: Queen of Heaven Queen of the Gods Queen of the Mothers Mother of Lights Dea Statina Juno Antevorta Juno Caelestis (heavenly) Juno Caprotina (Juno of the Goat) Juno Cinxia (she who loses the bride's girdle) Juno Conciliatrix Juno Conservatrix Juno Covella (binder with cords) Juno Curiatia (of the curiae) Juno Domiduca (she who leads the bride to her new home) Juno of Falerii Juno Februata or Februa or Februtis (of the cleansing month) Juno Fluonia (to prevent menstrual flow) Juno Fortuna (of fortune or fate) Juno Gamelia Juno Inferna Juno Interduca (she who leads the bride into marriage) Juno Juga or Jugalis (the uniter) Juno Lacinia Juno Lanuvina Juno Levana Juno Lucetia (bringer of light) Juno Lucina (she who brings children into the light) Juno Luna (of the moon) Juno Lupa (of the wolf) Juno Martialis (of Mars) Juno Matrona Juno Maturna Juno Moneta (she who warns) Juno Nacio Juno Natalis Juno Nundina Juno Nutrix Juno Nuxia Juno Opigena (daughter of Ops) Juno Ossipaga (bone strengthener) Juno Perficia Juno Pertunda Juno Perusina (of the city of Perusia) Juno Populonia (of the people) Juno Postvorta Juno Prema Juno Pronoba or Pronuba (matron of honor) Juno Regina (queen) Juno Seispita Juno Sispes Juno Sororia Juno Sospita (savior) Juno Unxia Juno Vagitanus Juno Virginalis Juno Viriplaca Juno Volumna

Victoria is the Roman Goddess of victory. She is similar to the Greek Goddess Nike, and was very important in Roman culture. Whenever the army returned from a successful battle, they held great festivals in honor of Victoria. Hers was one of the last cults to give way to Christianity, continuing well into the Christian era. Her image was used on coins into the 300s, and the removal of a statue of her in 382 caused an uproar among the military, her strongest supporters.