**Feronia**, according to Roman mythology, was a goddess of fertility,
but also the protector of freed slaves and everything that comes
out underground in the sunlight.
We know its existence in Terracina from the sources and from a larger than
life female head found depicting the Goddess Feronia. In his sanctuary
in Terracina there was a seat intended for the "manumissio":
meritorious slaves sat there and got up free.
In Latin: “Bene Meriti Servi Sedeant Surgat Liberi”.
The head found here is kept in the civic museum.