In Roman mythology, Vertumnus is the god of seasons

In Roman mythology, Vertumnus is the god of seasons and plat growth. Illustration from supplement to L'antiquite expliquee et representee en figures (vols. 1-15, Paris, 1719-1724) by Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, (1655 - 1741), a French Benedictine monk. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, He is regarded as one of the founders of modern archaeology

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