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But they did not escape the notice of the geese, which were sacred to Juno and had been left untouched in spite of the extremely scanty supply of food. This proved the safety of the garrison, for their clamour and the noise of their wings aroused Marcus Manlius, the distinguished soldier, who had been consul three years before.
Roman tufted goose. The Roman goose is an Italian breed of domestic goose. It is said to be one of the oldest breeds of goose, bred more than 2000 years ago and originally sacred to the goddess Juno. These are a light weight smaller breed of geese with a tuft of feathers on their head. They are either solid white or spotted white and brown. [1]
In ancient Rome, geese are credited by the historian Livy for giving the alarm when Gauls invaded (see Battle of the Allia). [9] [10] [11] Geese were subsequently revered in the supplicia canum annual sacrifice, and the Romans later founded a temple to Juno, to whom the geese were considered sacred.
The geese in the temple of Juno on the Capitoline Hill were said by Livy to have saved Rome from the Gauls around 390 BC when they were disturbed in a night attack. [9] The story may be an attempt to explain the origin of the sacred flock of geese at Rome.
Bassville talked at large of the "purple geese of the Capitol" [1] - i.e., the Sacred geese of Juno who were told in Roman Mythology to have saved the ancient City of Rome, a story taken up and given a Republican interpretation by French Revolutionaries.
The sacred geese of Juno, said to have sounded the alarm during the Gallic siege of Rome, were kept in the Area, [42] which was guarded during the Imperial period by dogs kept by a temple attendant. Domitian hid in the dog handler's living quarters when the forces of Vitellius overtook the Capitoline. [43]
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Marcus Manlius shown attacking Gauls. Marcus Manlius Capitolinus (died 384 BC) was consul of the Roman Republic in 392 BC. [1] He was a brother of Aulus Manlius Capitolinus, consular tribune five times between 389 and 370 BC. [2]