Iustitia, the Roman Goddess of Justic who is equivalent to the Greek Goddess Themis is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems.
Since the Renaissance, Justitia has frequently been depicted as a matron carrying a sword and measuring balances, and sometimes wearing a blindfold. Her modern iconography, which frequently adorns courthouses and courtrooms, conflates the attributes of several goddesses who embodied Right Rule for Greeks and Romans, blending Roman blindfolded fortuna (luck) with Hellenistic Greek Tyche (fate), and sword-carrying Nemesis (vengeance).
“ Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus”
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