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Inscription of the Carmen Arvale Sculpture of the emperor Lucius Verus in the costume of an Arval Brother (ca. 160 AD) The Carmen Arvale is the preserved chant of the Arval priests or Fratres Arvales of ancient Rome. [1] The Arval priests were devoted to the goddess Dia, and offered sacrifices to her to ensure the fertility of ploughed fields ...
The Arval Brethren formed a college of twelve priests, although archaeologists have found only up to nine names at a time in the inscriptions. They were appointed for life and did not lose their status even in exile. According to Pliny the Elder, their sign was a white band with the chaplet of sheaves of grain (Naturalis Historia 18.2).
The Acta Arvalia were the recorded protocols of the Arval Brothers (Arvales fratres), a priestly brotherhood of ancient Roman religion.. The acta were inscribed in marble tablets fastened to the walls of the Temple of Dea Dia, goddess of the grove, near the present borough of the Magliana Vecchia, between the right bank of the Tiber and the hill Monte delle Piche.
The music of ancient Rome was a part of Roman culture from the earliest of times. Songs ( carmen ) were an integral part of almost every social occasion. [ 1 ] The Secular Ode of Horace , for instance, was commissioned by Augustus and performed by a mixed children's choir at the Secular Games in 17 BC.
Cult to Matres Larum is known through the fragmentary Arval rites to Dea Dia, a goddess of fruitfulness.The Arvals address Dia herself as Juno Dea Dia, which identifies her with the supreme female principle.
The Concerts of Antient Music, also known as the Ancient Concerts or The King's Concerts, were an influential concert series put on annually in London from 1776 to 1848. The concerts consisted solely of music composed at least twenty years previous (although sometimes revised for the tastes or instrumentation of the time).
Festivals in ancient Rome were a very important part in Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and one of the primary feat of "holy days"; singular also feriae or dies ferialis) were either public (publicae) or private . State holidays were celebrated by the Roman people and received public funding.
Bust of Lucius Verus wearing the headdress of an "Arval brother," who honoured Dea Dia at Ambarvalia. Dea Dia (Latin: "Goddess of Daylight", or "Bright Goddess") was a goddess of fertility and growth in ancient Roman religion. She was sometimes identified with Ceres, and sometimes with her Greek equivalent Demeter. [1]