entity_id,period_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status
ENT_ROM_VENUS_HELIOPOLITANA,PER_ROM_IMPERIAL,high,"Female member of the Heliopolitan triad of Baalbek, the Romanized form of the local Syrian goddess (an Atargatis/Astarte type) assimilated to Venus. Consort of Jupiter Heliopolitanus and paired with Mercury Heliopolitanus in the triad. Attested in dedications and iconography (enthroned goddess) from Baalbek and the wider empire; less independently documented than the chief god. Treated within the Heliopolitan cult by Beard/North/Price.",SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS,reviewed