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'''Britannia''' is the [[National_Personification|national personification]] of the [[United Kingdom]].
'''Britannia''' is the [[National Personification|national personification]] of the [[United Kingdom]].
She is usually depicted as a young woman with brown hair. She wears a Corinthian helmet and white robes. During the Victorian period she began to be depicted holding Poseidon's three-pronged trident and often stood in the ocean; this represented British naval power. Beside her is a Greek shield which sports the Union Flag, and at her feet a British Lion. Today she may also be holding, in one out stretched arm, an olive branch, as on the British fifty pence piece. Older images of her depict a sword.
She is usually depicted as a young woman with brown hair. She wears a Corinthian helmet and white robes. During the Victorian period she began to be depicted holding Poseidon's three-pronged trident and often stood in the ocean; this represented British naval power. Beside her is a Greek shield which sports the Union Flag, and at her feet a British Lion. Today she may also be holding, in one out stretched arm, an olive branch, as on the British fifty pence piece. Older images of her depict a sword.