Olive branch

An olive branch
Mars Pacifer bearing an olive branch, on the reverse of a coin struck under the lights and reverse (Aemilianus).

The olive branch is a symbol of peace. It is associated with the customs of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and is connected with supplication to gods and persons in power. Likewise, it is found in most cultures of the Mediterranean Basin[1] and has become a near-universal peace symbol in the modern world.

  1. ^ Lucia Impelluso (2004). Nature and its symbols. Getty Publications. p. 43.