In ancient Rome, it was an important aspect of religion that governed the Roman ways of life. It meant devotion, duty or loyalty to the gods/religion and others especially the family. The Roman ideals and virtues. A physical representation of pietas can be found on coins used in ancient Rome. It came across as a woman holding a branch of a palm tree on the one hand, and on the other, holding a specter. In other instances, pietas were represented by a matron delivering incense on an altar, usually appearing together with a stork, which in ancient Rome, was a mark of filial piety. In ancient Rome, religion championed for the success of families which could not take place without them paying pietas to the gods. Debts to the gods regarded pietas
