<P> The consort of Mars was Nerio or Neriene , `` Valor . '' She represents the vital force ( vis ) , power ( potentia ) and majesty ( maiestas ) of Mars . Her name was regarded as Sabine in origin and is equivalent to Latin virtus , `` manly virtue '' ( from vir , `` man '' ) . In the early 3rd century BC , the comic playwright Plautus has a reference to Mars greeting Nerio , his wife . A source from late antiquity says that Mars and Neriene were celebrated together at a festival held on March 23 . In the later Roman Empire , Neriene came to be identified with Minerva . </P>
<P> The consort of Mars was Nerio or Neriene , `` Valor . '' She represents the vital force ( vis ) , power ( potentia ) and majesty ( maiestas ) of Mars . Her name was regarded as Sabine in origin and is equivalent to Latin virtus , `` manly virtue '' ( from vir , `` man '' ) . In the early 3rd century BC , the comic playwright Plautus has a reference to Mars greeting Nerio , his wife . A source from late antiquity says that Mars and Neriene were celebrated together at a festival held on March 23 . In the later Roman Empire , Neriene came to be identified with Minerva . </P>
who was mars the roman god married to
who was mars the roman god married to
Nerio
Nerio