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Introduction	Juno Moneta is the Roman Goddess of Good Counsel, "Moneta" is usually assumed to derive from the Latin word for "warn", monere. Geese were sacred to Juno and were kept at Her temple on the Capitoline. When Gauls surprised Rome with an attack on the Capitol,the geese of Juno started a honking ruckus and the citizens were alerted and drove away the Gauls. During the war with the Tarentines, the Romans were in desperate need of money to fund their end of the war. They prayed to Juno, the protectress of the people, and were given the reply that so long as they fought in a just manner, they would not lack for money. They followed the advice and money flowed to them. In 273 BCE the Romans established a mint at Juno Moneta's temple and coined silver there up to the time of the Emperor Augustus. Juno Moneta then accordingly became associated with money and minting coins and indeed both the English words "money" and "mint" trace back to Her epithet Moneta. Today Juno Moneta warns of the grave dangers facing our monetary system - the banks that over issue credit, the governments that turn a blind eye and bail them out and the media that fails to address the roots of the problem.

Introduction

Juno Moneta is the Roman Goddess of Good Counsel, "Moneta" is usually assumed to derive from the Latin word for "warn", monere. Geese were sacred to Juno and were kept at Her temple on the Capitoline. When Gauls surprised Rome with an attack on the Capitol,the geese of Juno started a honking ruckus and the citizens were alerted and drove away the Gauls. During the war with the Tarentines, the Romans were in desperate need of money to fund their end of the war. They prayed to Juno, the protectress of the people, and were given the reply that so long as they fought in a just manner, they would not lack for money. They followed the advice and money flowed to them. In 273 BCE the Romans established a mint at Juno Moneta's temple and coined silver there up to the time of the Emperor Augustus. Juno Moneta then accordingly became associated with money and minting coins and indeed both the English words "money" and "mint" trace back to Her epithet Moneta. Today Juno Moneta warns of the grave dangers facing our monetary system - the banks that over issue credit, the governments that turn a blind eye and bail them out and the media that fails to address the roots of the problem.