Clementia

In Roman mythology and ancient religion, Clementia is the goddess of clemency, leniency, mercy, forgiveness, penance, redemption, absolution, acquittal, and salvation.

In a letter to his friend Atticus, Cicero is discussing Caesar's clementia: "You will say they are frightened.

Again in Pro rege Deiotaro (For King Deiotarus) Cicero discusses Caesar's virtue of clementia.

[citation needed] Clementia was seen as a good trait within a leader, it also the Latin word for "humanity" or "forbearance".

Yet, she was the Roman counterpart of Eleos,[citation needed] (not to be confused with Soteria), the Greek goddess of mercy and forgiveness who had a shrine in Athens.