Fides

• Fides meant the Duty of Faith and Trust and was part of the Mos Maiorum.
• Fides was a Virtue embodied in the Roman Goddess Fides and the Temple of Fides was dedicated in c. 254 BCE on the Capitoline, Rome.

Description

• In Roman Law Bona Fides meant the absence of Fraud and Mala Fides or Dolus Malus meant the presence of Fraud.
• As many Roman contracts were verbal, if they were then broken, the Roman Court of Law would decide on a verdict based on the presence or absence of Fides.