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]