Clementia
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In Roman mythology, Clementia was the goddess of forgiveness and mercy.
She was deified as a celebrated virtue of Julius Caesar, who was famed for his forbearance. In 44 BC, a temple was consecrated to her by the Roman Senate. Within this temple stood a cult statute of Caesar and Clementia clasping hands.
There is not much information surrounding Clementia's cult; it would seem that she was merely an abstraction of a particular virtue, one that was revered in conjunction with revering Caesar and the Roman state.
Yet she was the Roman counterpart of Eleos/Eleus, the Greek Goddess of mercy and forgiveness who had a shrine in Athens.
In traditional imagery, she is depicted holding a branch and a scepter, and may be leaning on a column.
It also the latin word for "humanity".
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