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New page: '''Britannia''' is regarded as the national personification of the United Kingdom. She is usually depicted as a young woman with brown hair. She wares a C...
'''Britannia''' is regarded as the [[National_Personification|national personification]] of the [[United Kingdom]].
She is usually depicted as a young woman with brown hair. She wares 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 sported the Union Flag, and a British Lion. Today she may also be holding, in one out stretched arm, an olive branch, as on the British Fifty pince piece.
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
She is usually depicted as a young woman with brown hair. She wares 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 sported the Union Flag, and a British Lion. Today she may also be holding, in one out stretched arm, an olive branch, as on the British Fifty pince piece.
[[Category:United Kingdom]]