This article is about the Roman goddess. For other uses, see
Decima.
Decima was one of the three
Parcae (known in English as the
Fates) in Roman mythology.[1] The Parcae goddess
Nona was responsible for pregnancy; Decima was responsible for measuring your lifespan; and
Morta was charged with overseeing death.[2] They distributed to mankind all the good and bad things in life,[3] and according to some classical writings even
Jupiter had to bend to their will.[4] Decima measured the thread of life with her rod,[5] like her Greek equivalent
Lachesis.[4] In some accounts, her mother was
Nox the goddess of night and her father was
Erebus the god of darkness; while in other accounts, her parents were Jupiter and
Themis.[3]